Confronting the Academic Boycott | Conference Summary from April 23, 2025
The program included opening remarks, a review of data and actions taken by the Neaman Institute regarding the issue, an in-depth legal lecture on the boundaries of the boycott’s legality, and two panel discussions focusing on the responses of Israeli academic institutions and the efforts of civil society organizations against the boycott phenomenon. Participants’ remarks were recorded and transcribed; below is a summary of their presentations.
Book launch event for Prof. Meirav Aharon-Gutman’s book – “Standing on Their Own: On Urban Sociology and Mizrahiyut in Israel”
This report presents the proceedings of a conference held to mark the launch of Prof. Meirav Aharon-Gutman’s book, Standing on their own : on urban sociology and Mizrahiyut in Israel (2025).
It includes not only congratulations and commendations for the author and her work, but also a series of lectures by leading scholars addressing the book’s central themes.
Haredi Recruitment in Israel – A Broad Perspective
The issue of Haredi conscription, including the recurring rounds of legislation, holds immense and intricate significance: it encompasses social, security, political, judicial, and ethical dimensions. Alongside political engagement within the government and Knesset, public discourse — rages no less fervently the moral-ethical question of equality in the burden of service. Most of the discussion, on […]
Guidelines for Creating Educational Continuity During Prolonged Crisis Situations: Insights from the ‘ Education during crisis’ Forum
The presented analysis and recommendations aim to ensure uninterrupted educational routine for all Israeli pupils, with a specific focus on those evacuated. This report was written following the Iron Swords War eruption on October 7, 2023 for about three months (from November 12, 2023, to January 28, 2024). This war and the crisis that followed it, posed the education system with multifaceted and complex challenges previously unencountered, but will most probably will face in future crisis situations, such as earthquake events in Israel.
Profile of “Outstanding Socially Committed Leadership”
This research employs qualitative methods to present the profiles of graduates from the Edmond de Rothschild Partnerships Programs as committed social leaders who work towards narrowing social and economic gaps within Israeli society. The study examines how these graduates influence the communities they have emerged from or the frameworks in which they have been placed, […]
Post-Truth Phenomena: Definitions, Consequences and Solutions
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has brought the term “infodemia” to the forefront of public discourse. Infodemia refers to an epidemic of false and misleading information that spreads rapidly in the online space. It is a manifestation of the phenomenon known as “post-truth”, a term that describes a reduction or negation of the role […]
Research Approaches to the Assessment of National-Social Resilience during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Time for Critical Examination
In April 2022, the Samuel Neaman Institute held a roundtable focusing on critical examination of research regarding resilience aspects during the Covid-19 pandemic period. The goal of the roundtable was to discuss the challenges, failures and advantages of using data and to develop models based on statistical methods in managing epidemics and making information accessible […]
Indicators for Benevolent Community
This report is the third part [following the report “Characterizing the term ‘Benevolent community’“and “Best Practices (and/or Intervention Programs) for Benevolent Community”]. in the project “Benevolent Community – for Social Mobility, Community Resilience, and Quality of Life – in the 21st Century”. The project is a joint venture of the (Israel) Joint-Ashalim, the Community Resources […]
Best Practices (and/or Intervention Programs) for Benevolent Community
This report is the third part (following the report “Characterizing the term ‘Benevolent community’ “ and ‘Indicators of Benevolent Community’) in the project “Benevolent Community – for Social Mobility, Community Resilience, and Quality of Life – in the 21st Century”. The project is a joint venture of the (Israel) Joint-Ashalim, the Community Resources Division in […]
Characterizing the term ‘Benevolent community’
This report is the first part – and a central component – in the project “Benevolent Community – for Social Mobility, Community Resilience, and Quality of Life – in the 21st Century”. The project is a joint venture of the (Israel) Joint-Ashalim, the Community Resources Division in the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs, and […]
