JPR Publications
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JPR disseminates its research through high quality, accessible reports, policy papers and books. These cover issues affecting Jewish life worldwide and are written by JPR staff, leading academics, researchers, writers and journalists. All JPR publications are available for purchase from JPR in hard copy.
Publications
Will the 21st century be the democratic century?
Author(s): Professor Vernon Bogdanor CBE
Vernon Bogdanor CBE is a Research Professor at the Institute of Contemporary History, King's College, London and former Professor of Government at Oxford University. One of Britain's foremost constitutional experts, adviser to a number of governments, he is the author of numerous books and a frequent contributor to TV, radio and the press. This paper was given as the Morris and Manja Leigh Memorial Lecture on 22 November 2011 in London under the auspices of JPR.
Author(s): David Graham, Jonathan Boyd
Jewish students are comfortable being openly Jewish at British universities, despite having concerns about attitudes to Israel on campus. Their commitment to Israel and the Jewish People is robust, but their appreciation of their personal social responsibility lacks muscle.
These are some of the findings of the 2011 National Jewish Student Survey, conducted by JPR, and published today. The survey was initiated by the Union of Jewish Students and commissioned by UJS in partnership with Pears Foundation.
Jewish life in Hungary: Achievements, challenges and priorities since the collapse of communism
Author(s): Andras Kovacs and Aletta Forras-Biro
The renewal of Jewish life in Hungary comes under scrutiny in a new report published by JPR today. The research, conducted by local experts on behalf of JPR and funded by the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, was designed to assess the development of Jewish communities in East-Central Europe since the collapse of communism, as well as the challenges they face going forward.
Research in Hungary reveals a community re-invigorated over the last 20 years, but nevertheless facing the challenge of low engagement in communal life: only 10 per cent of the Jewish population is affiliated to any Jewish organization. The report calls for:
• the restructuring of the Hungarian Jewish communal infrastructure to ensure that decisions on issues affecting the whole community are made in a democratic and transparent fashion;
• help to build a religiously pluralist communal environment;
• greater levels of co-operation and co-ordination among Jewish communal organizations and initiatives.
Both English and Hungarian language versions of the report can be downloaded in full below:
Jewish life in Poland: Achievements, challenges and priorities since the collapse of communism
Author(s): Konstanty Gebert
The renewal of Jewish life in Poland comes under scrutiny in a new report published by JPR today. The research, conducted by local experts on behalf of JPR and funded by the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, was designed to assess the development of Jewish communities in East-Central Europe since the collapse of communism, as well as the challenges they face going forward.
The report on Poland testifies to the rebirth of a small community that has a disproportionate impact on world Jewry, not least because of the importance of Polish Jewish history and heritage. It also points to increased non-Jewish interest in, and sympathy for Jewish issues, and calls for:
• greater investment in Jewish cultural and educational models that allow for new and creative expressions of Jewishness;
• continued support for the minority Orthodox community which is likely to remain a pillar of Jewish life;
• greater support for the development of non-Orthodox forms of Judaism;
• an urgent need for the establishment of a Jewish old-age home in Warsaw.
Older publications
Zsidó élet Magyarországon: Eredmények, kihívások és célok a kommunista rendszer bukása óta
Życie żydowskie w Polsce: osiągnięcia, wyzwania i priorytety od upadku komunizmu
Key trends in the British Jewish community: A review of data on poverty, the elderly and children
Child poverty and deprivation in the British Jewish community
Committed, concerned and conciliatory: The attitudes of Jews in Britain towards Israel
The Key Challenges Facing the Jewish People
Synagogue membership in the United Kingdom in 2010
The political leanings of Britain's Jews
The Community Research Initiative: data about the community, for the community
The Economic Downturn and the Future of Jewish Communities
Is There a Global Jewish Politics?
Is anti-Zionism a cover-up for anti-Semitism?
New Directions-New Achievements
Jews and Other Europeans - Old and New
Is Europe good for the Jews? Jews and the pluralist tradition in historical perspective
Jews in Britain: A Snapshot from the 2001 Census
Hate Crimes against London’s Jews
European Jewish identity at the dawn of the 21st century: A working paper
Jews and Jewry in contemporary Hungary: results of a sociological survey
Creating community and accumulating social capital: Jews associating with other Jews in Manchester
Long-term planning for British Jewry: final report and recommendations
The Jews of Leeds in 2001: Portrait of a community
Secular or religious? The outlook of London's Jews
The future of Jewish schooling in the United Kingdom
A Portrait of Jews in London and the South-East: a community study
Mapping Jewish culture in Europe today: a pilot project
Governance in the Jewish voluntary sector
The financial resources of the UK Jewish voluntary sector
Grant-making trusts in the Jewish sector
Ethnic and Religious questions in the 2001 UK Census of the Population: policy recommendations
A guide to Jewish television: prospects and possibilities: findings of the working party
Jews of the 'new South Africa': Highlights of the 1998 national survey of South African Jews
Cultural politics and European Jewry
Patterns of charitable giving among British Jews
Jewish television: prospects and possibilities
The attachment of British Jews to Israel
The social attitudes of unmarried young Jews in contemporary Britain
The Jewish voluntary sector in the United Kingdom: its role and its future
Social and political attitudes of British Jews: Some key findings of the JPR survey
A new Jewish identity for post-1989 Europe
Does Islamic fundamentalism pose a threat to the West?
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Archived publications
Publications in their original format from the old JPR site:
European
Jewish Identity at the Dawn of the 21st Century (2004)
Jews and Jewry in contemporary Hungary (2004)
The
Jews of Leeds in 2001: portrait of a community (2003)
Secular or
religious? The outlook of London's Jews (2003)
Governance in the Jewish voluntary sector (2001)
The financial resources of the UK Jewish voluntary sector (2000)
Grant -making trusts in the Jewish sector (2000)
Jews of the 'new South Africa' (1999)
Patterns of charitable giving among British Jews (1998)
The social attitudes of unmarried young Jews in contemporary Britain (1997)
The Jewish voluntary sector in the United Kingdom (1997)
Social and political attitudes of British Jews (1996)
Mapping Jewish culture in Europe today (2002)
A guide to Jewish television (1999)
Developing Jewish Museums in Europe (1999)
Cultural politics and European Jewry (1999)
Jewish
television: prospects and possibilities (1998)
Antisemitism and Xenophobia Today
Combating Holocaust denial through law in the United Kingdom (2000)
Ethnic and religious questions in the 2001 UK Census of Population (1999)
The Roma/Gypsies of Europe: a persecuted people (1996)
The governance of cyberspace: racism on the Internet (1996)
Does Islamic fundamentalism pose a threat to the West? (1996)
A new Jewish identity for post-1989 Europe (1996)
North American Conservative Jewish teenagers' attachment to Israel (1999)
Ethiopian immigrants in Israel: experience and prospects (1998)
The Netanyahu government and the Israeli-Arab peace process (1997)