{{Short description|Israel-based think tank}} {{Infobox organization | name = Jewish People Policy Institute | native_name = המכון למדיניות העם היהודי | native_name_lang = he | image = המכון.jpg | image_size = 350px | caption = The sign of the institute on its building in Jerusalem | type = | founded = {{start date and age|2002}} | headquarters = Jerusalem, Israel | website = {{Official URL}} }}
'''The Jewish People Policy Institute''' ('''JPPI'''; {{langx|he|המכון למדיניות העם היהודי}}; formerly: '''The Jewish People Policy Planning (JPPPI)''') is an Israel-based think tank that produces strategic research and policy recommendations regarding the Jewish people and Israel, with the purpose of promoting and securing the Jewish people and Israel. Founded by the Jewish Agency in 2002, it was independent by 2013.
==History== The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) is a think tank founded by the Jewish Agency in 2002 to protect and advance the Jewish people and Israel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weinstein |first1=Eytan |title=Take the offensive against anti-Israel academics, top think tank urges |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/take-the-offensive-against-anti-israel-academics-top-think-tank-urges/ |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=Times of Israel |date=2015-06-29}}</ref>
As a think tank focused on developing policies for the Jewish world, its main focuses are the future of the Jewish people and Israel's security. Staff conduct research, analysis, and make policy recommendations on issues such as world Jewry, the delegitimization of Israel, Israel-diaspora relations, and the Israeli political process.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berkman |first1=Jacob |title=Jerusalem think tank claims Hamas group hacked its website |url=https://www.jta.org/2011/02/04/israel/jerusalem-think-tank-claims-hamas-group-hacked-its-website |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=JTA |date=2011-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sales |first1=Ben |title=Conference sessions suggest new fundraising model, praise Israel-Diaspora cooperation |url=https://www.jta.org/2012/10/30/lifestyle/conference-sessions-suggest-new-fundraising-model-praise-israel-diaspora-cooperation |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=JTA |date=2012-10-30}}</ref>
JPPI was founded in 2002 by the Jewish Agency for Israel, and is run as an independent body. It is headed by a board of directors that in 2013 was chaired by Dennis Ross, the special advisor for the Persian Gulf Southwest Asia in U.S. President Barack Obama's administration.<ref>{{cite news|title=Conference to discuss Jewish world's budget|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4296104,00.html|accessdate=16 November 2013|newspaper=Ynet}}</ref>
The president of JPPI is Yedidia Stern, who replaced Avinoam Bar-Yosef in 2020.
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==External links== {{Commons-inline|Category:The Jewish People Policy Institute|The Jewish People Policy Institute}} *{{Official website}}
*[http://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/jppi-jewish-people-policy-institute/ JPPI related articles] on ''The Times of Israel'' *[http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/conference-on-the-future-of-the-jewish-people/ Conference on the Future of the Jewish People] * [https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Hackers-attack-Jewish-People-Policy-Institute-site Hackers attack Jewish People Policy Institute site] on Jpost
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, The}} Category:Antisemitism research institutes Category:Jewish Agency for Israel Category:Jewish studies research institutes Category:Think tanks based in Israel Category:Non-profit organizations based in Israel
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