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The Circumcision Crisis: Challenges for European and World Jewry
Author(s): Maimon, Dov; Ellis, Nadia
Date: 2012
Topics: Circumcision / Brit Milah, Main Topic: Other, Law
Abstract: A new report by the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) concludes that an immediate, coordinated Jewish – including Israeli – response is needed to thwart the possible implications of recent attempts to ban circumcision and limit other Jewish practices in Western Europe. JPPI characterizes the German court’s decision against circumcision as a “historic ruling” that might threaten the future thriving of Jewish communities across the continent. JPPI recommends that Jewish leaders and communities avoid a timid response to the current crisis. “In a world that is becoming juridically globalized, and in which every legal precedent counts,” the authors of the new report write, “we must consider whether Jewish and Israeli policy makers should begin to coordinate a comprehensive professional response.” The report explains the drivers and trends likely to affect the lives of the 1.3 million Jews living in Europe today. While recent moves against religious practices have apparently been directed mainly against Muslims, the new and vigorous opposition to particularist religious rituals also affects the religious practices and, hence, the status of Judaism. The authors urge Jewish leaders around the world to promptly attend to the dilemmas presented in the report, and devise a coherent, coordinated policy on this pressing matter.
The Cultural Dimension of Jewish European Identity
Author(s): Maimon, Dov
Editor(s): Pardo, Sharon; Zahavi, Hila
Date: 2019
Topics: Jewish Culture, Jewish Identity, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage
The Cultural Dimension of Jewish European Identity
Author(s): Maimon, Dov
Date: 2013
Topics: Jewish Identity, Jewish Culture, Jewish Revival, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Jewish Future
European Jewry – Signals and Noise: Is there a point of negative inflection?
Author(s): Maimon, Dov
Date: 2013
Topics: Antisemitism, Main Topic: Demography and Migration, Aliyah, Emigration, Jewish Future
Abstract: Recent negative economic, political, and anti-Semitic developments in Europe, question the future thriving of Jewish life on the old continent.

According to a large-scale survey on Jewish people’s experiences and perceptions of anti-Semitism commissioned by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), in three of the nine states surveyed (namely Belgium, France and Hungary), between 40-50% of respondents said they had considered emigrating from their country of residence because they did not feel safe there. Moreover, some 200-300 Jewish families of French origin have recently immigrated to Montreal, and at least 120 families to London.

Beyond the Aliyah of 50,000 French Jews since 1990 (10% of French Jewry), new-immigrant associations claim there are some 20-30,000 additional French Jews who live part of the year in Israel but for convenience – and in order to avoid Israeli bureaucracy – prefer not to take Israeli citizenship.

Despite the trends outlined above, benefiting from relatively high social, professional, and economic personal status, most European Jews will in all likelihood remain in Europe.
The Jews of France in 2030
Author(s): Maimon, Dov
Date: 2011
Topics: Jewish Future, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: Speech made, originally in French, at 2011 CRIF National Convention
An Integrative Measurement of European Anti-Semitism
Author(s): Maimon, Dov; Popper, Steven
Date: 2015
Topics: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Monitoring, Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism: Attitude Surveys
Abstract: One of the most disturbing recent trends in the Jewish world and in the consciousness of the global Jewish community has been the resurgence of anti-Semitism. The outbreak is far from pandemic. Yet, the trend clearly must be monitored and courses of action should be explored, both at the Jewish community level as well as that of the Jewish people as a whole, to understand how best to curb the contagion or limit its effects.

The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) developed an integrative measurement that takes into account some relevant variables for a wide and comprehensive picture.
European Jewry in 2030
Author(s): Maimon, Dov
Date: 2010
Topics: Jewish Future, Economy, Jewish Peoplehood, Main Topic: Other
Abstract: This background paper is based on the methodology and categories described extensively in JPPI’s report 2030: Alternative Futures for the Jewish People. Beyond the external and internal drivers identified as critical for the Jewish people at the global level, the future thriving or decline of European Jewries will depend upon some specific drivers linked to the geopolitical, economic and cultural environment of the region.