Internal Hamas Debate about Rethinking Its Policies
Hamas failures lead some of its leaders to reassess.
Hamas Embraces the Path of the Islamic State (ISIS)
Hamas adopts the Islamic State’s terror methods of stabbings and vehicular attacks.
Hamas-Fatah Rift Is Preventing the Rehabilitation of Gaza
Hamas-Fatah rift means no Palestinian reconciliation or Gaza reconstruction.
After the U.S. Mid-Term Elections: The Congressional Role in U.S.-Iran Policy
Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation Vol. 14, No. 37 November 17, 2014 The new 114th Congress convenes in January 2015 with Republican majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. Congressional leadership insists on playing a role in the Iranian deal – “Congress has an obligation […]
The Hidden Hand of ISIS and Its Impact on Palestinian Escalation
The Islamic State’s caliphate serves as inspiration for the Palestinian public.
The “Status Quo” on the Temple Mount
The old status quo on the Temple Mount has been greatly degraded.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Calls for Annihilation of Israel on Eve of Nuclear Talks
Khameini: Only cure for Israel is to be annihilated
Iran Marks Ashura and the Takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran
The Shiite holy period of Ashura could be marked with more Sunni-Shiite violence.
How Iran Views the Fall of Sana’a, Yemen: “The Fourth Arab Capital in Our Hands”
Iran commands the Strait of Hormuz and now is trying to seize the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Message from the Editor JPSR
Message from the Editor Tikkun Olam is the subject of the present issue of JPSR. What we understand by this term can at the same time be clear and elusive. While it originated in the Talmudic period, the concept of tikkun olam at present has become fashionable and may well include applied programs of practical […]
The Assimilation of Tikkun Olam
INTRODUCTION Tikkun olam is most commonly heard as a slogan for activism, political involvement and social justice. The term has had numerous lives, such that its endurance and malleability over time are truly impressive. It has been used as a pliable legislative justification for changing specific laws and as an eschatological ideal that may describe […]
The Place of Tikkun Olam in American Jewish Life
INTRODUCTION The symbolic moment when the now ubiquitous phrase “tikkun olam” entered the American Jewish mainstream probably took place during the visit of Pope John Paul II to the United States in September 1987. A crisis in Vatican-Jewish relations was precipitated by the Pope’s meeting in June with President Kurt Waldheim of Austria, whose activities […]
The Limits of Tikkun Olam: Questions and Answers
Does the very act of positive ethical behavior automatically fall into the category of tikkun olam, and are there conditions where the term does not apply?
Book Reviews for JPSR Fall 2013, Volume 25, Numbers 3–4
Book Reviews Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Islam in Europa, Revolten in Mittelost: Islamismus und Genozid von Wilhelm II. und Enver Pascha über Hitler und al-Husaini bis Arafat, Usama bin Ladin und Ahmadinejad sowie Gespräche mit Bernard Lewis [Islam in Europe, Revolts in the Middle East: Islamism and Genocide from William II and Enver Pasha through Hitler […]
Jewish Political Studies Review
The Resilience of Tikkun Olam Message from the Editor Joel Fishman Tikkun Olam, Israel and a Just World Order Dore Gold The Assimilation of Tikkun Olam Levi Cooper Tikkun Olam: A Case of Semantic Displacement Byron L. Sherwin The Place of Tikkun Olam in American Jewish Life Jonathan Krasner The Limits of Tikkun Olam Elliot […]
