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Nov 13th: Struggles over the Future of Jerusalem and Holy Sites

Research Findings and Lessons: in honor of Professor Yitzhak Reiter‘s retirement after 30 years of research at the Jerusalem Institute

Research Findings and Lessons: in honor of Professor Yitzhak Reiter‘s retirement after 30…

The Jerusalem Institute's Impact

Read our policy impact update: Succeeding in a number of key endeavors

Survey for East Jerusalem Residents: Help us Get to the Right People

A survey in Arabic aimed to assess the level of services provided to East Jerusalem residents. The results will help get a snapshot of the state of the services and implement improvements. It takes about fifteen minutes to complete the questionnaire. Please distribute it to your relevant acquaintances.

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The Jerusalem Database

Reliable, up-to-date, and relevant statistical data are the foundation of policy. The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research has a broad database that it makes accessible to policy makers and the…

Shared Spaces in Jerusalem

Recognizing that Jerusalem is a mixed city means thinking about and taking care of the varied needs of all groups and also requires thinking about the shared spaces. Shared spaces…

Fellows Programs

The Milken Innovation Center of the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research operates several popular Israeli and global fellows programs: The Milken Fellows Program: This is the leading fellowship program in…

Establishing a Socio-economic Policy for the Development of East Jerusalem

A lack of organized material exists pertaining to East Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research acts out of a desire to promote a knowledge-based social-economic, municipal, and political strategy…

Mapping East Jerusalem Neighborhoods

East Jerusalem neighborhoods are for the most part ‘terra incognita’ for the general public and also for the governmental authorities. This holds, despite the fact that both municipal and national…

Ultra-orthodox High Schools (Yeshivas)

The participation of ultra-Orthodox men in employment and higher education in Israel has been growing continuously for over a decade. These significant processes in ultra-Orthodox society point to a growing…

Christians and Christianity in Jerusalem and the State of Israel

The establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 posed a “complex theological challenge” to the churches and the Christian world: how should the Christian world refer to the Jewish…

The Gov. City

This research aims to present decision makers with economic and other advantages implicit in turning Jerusalem into an active and successful government city. What is a successful government city? A…

Urban Sustainability

The Urban Sustainability Project aimed to outline recommendations for policy and action in order to achieve sustainability through a change in the urban lifestyle. The project chose to focus on…

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Peace Process

Since its establishment, the Jerusalem Institute has dealt with the issue of Jerusalem’s geo-political future. We thought that regarding the most intractable disagreement between Israel and its neighbors, the voice…

Holy Sites

Conflicts over holy sites have a complex, and essentially different nature than other territorial conflicts. This understanding has been gradually increasing among researchers in the past twenty years. A holy…

Environmental Policy and Tools for Implementation

Environmental policy has evolved in Israel as elsewhere around the world since the 1970s with increasing awareness and concern about pollution, wastes, public health and ecological habitats. The Jerusalem Institute,…

14 April

In English

Urban Sustainability Project, Yearly Conference 2016

Urban Sustainability Project - Making it Happen Urban Sustainability- Making it Happen" conference was held in cooperation with the Bat Yam Municipality, with some 350 participants. The Key notes were Neal Gorenflo from Shareable, and Christian Iaione from LUISS LabGov and CO-Bologna in Bologna. Watch...

18 February

Free

Christian and Zionist: The Reciprocal Relations Between the Evangelical Movement and Israel

In the weeks preceding the ceremony transferring the US Embassy to Jerusalem, the city was filled with signs of support for the American President Donald Trump on behalf of "Friends of Zion." The signs aroused the curiosity of many of the city's residents who wondered who are these Christian friends? Who wer...

Publications

Jerusalem: Facts and Trends 2019

Pub No. 505

2019 | Authors: Dr. Maya Choshen, Michal Korach...

Jerusalem: Facts and Trends – The State of the City and Changing Trends provides an up-to-date picture of Jerusalem across a wide range of topics, including population, employment, education...

Indicators of the Quality of Life in Jerusalem- A Subjective Assessment

Pub No. 510

2019 | Authors: Michal Korach, Tami Gavrieli...

Background The initiative to examine the quality of life in Jerusalem emerged from the conclusions of the study Migration to and from Jerusalem, conducted as part of the Marom Plan, a projec...

The Arab Neighborhoods in East Jerusalem - Abu Tor

Pub No. 474

2017 | Authors: Ya’ara Issar...

This abstract is part of a series of research papers prepared by the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research about the Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. The purpose of this study is to s...

Institute Services

We at the Institute manage databases, initiate and conduct research and training, conduct events and seminars, formulate and submit policy documents, and create public discourse. Our researchers understand the needs of our customers and partners and work in close contact with them. Read more about our activities and services.