What does the future hold for UK Jewry?

The recent two weeks are historically significant for two reasons. The first: the most important elections in Israel’s history, is yet to be included in the textbooks, and the second, November 2, 1917, Balfour Declaration marks a decisive moment in the history of Britain and Israel.

October 7 and the Yom Kippur War: My Personal Wound

For as long as I can remember, the large photograph of a handsome young man, with a camera resting on his shoulder, hung on the wall in my grandmother’s bedroom, seeming to look right at me. The photograph remained there until the last day of her life.

The Power of Anti-Zionism in the United States: A Gradual Hegemony Building

Building on Antonio Gramsci’s framework, this paper analyzes the hegemonic
consolidation that has led to the emergence of a strong anti-Zionist historic bloc.
It reinterprets the notion of a historic bloc not through the traditional Marxist
perspective of class hegemony, but rather through the prevalence of a resolute
Palestinian narrative.

When Academic Freedom Becomes Weaponised: The Normalisation of Antisemitic Expression in British Academia

Amira Halperin and Stephen Sussman argue that institutional neutrality within universities can function as a mechanism of avoidance, and how legal protections for speech are being invoked to justify inaction.

In the wake of the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks against Israel, university campuses across Britain have become sites of intense conflict over Israel, Gaza, Zionism, and antisemitism. Campus protests and confrontations have raised difficult questions about the boundaries between protected political expression and conduct that intimidates, excludes, or discriminates against Jewish and Israeli students and faculty.

We are a Non-Partisan Public Policy Organization, a Research Center, and a Think Tank.

The Center is a gathering of scholars, experts and community stakeholders, that engage in research and dialogue in an effort to create practical policy recommendations and solutions to current local, national, and international challenges.

Latest Articles

Why Things Get Worse: Dogma and Coherence

Why Things Get Worse: Dogma and Coherence

We look around and are disconsolate. Societies in disarray, social cohesion collapsing, old ideas appearing too old, and, all the while, hope for a prosperous and optimistic civil society looking ever more distant.

Cyber-Attacks on 911 Systems and the Risks they Pose: A Best Practice Approach

Cyber-Attacks on 911 Systems and the Risks they Pose: A Best Practice Approach

Cyber-attacks are seen as one of the most nefarious threats we face in the 21st century. Recent Cyber-attack incidents proved that they could cause a devastating effect on the systems. This research examines the risk to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP). Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and 9-11systems are critical communication infrastructures and are at risk in the United States. Taxpayers and user-based fees fund the cost of these systems. However, cyber-attacks on systems from domestic and international sources often render these services inoperable, reducing the effectiveness of any emergency response.

HOW TO BE A HUMAN: MORALITY AND CULTURE

HOW TO BE A HUMAN: MORALITY AND CULTURE

For at least the last 50 years, both political sides, the Left and the Right, have gotten morality wrong. Put bluntly, they often simply don’t know what they are talking about.

America Must Set Limits to its Goals in Ukraine

America Must Set Limits to its Goals in Ukraine

“We also faced fundamental questions about the commitment to the most basic principles. Would we stand up for the sovereignty of nations? Would we stand up for the right of people to live free from naked aggression? Would we stand up for democracy?”

It Ain’t Necessarily So: Fox News, Guns and Capitalism

It Ain’t Necessarily So: Fox News, Guns and Capitalism

I say this; you say that. I say there are 20 kids in the class; you say there are 24. I say the restaurant closes on Monday; you say it does on Tuesday. I say the empty lot on the corner is zoned for commercial; you say it is zoned for residential. Vaccines are generally safe and effective; you say they are ineffective and pernicious. I say Biden won; you say, Trump.

We believe in informed and collaborative thinking. Supporting the Center promotes independent ideas, bridges gaps, and helps develop effective policies that genuinely make a difference.

Invest in a brighter future. Donate to The Palm Beach Center for Democracy and Policy Research today.

PB/CD&PR – WEBINARS

Two Defining Moments: Reflecting on 9/11, October 7, and the Challenges Ahead

Featured in the News

Intervención en el Foro “Presencia de la dictadura de Irán en las Américas” celebrado en la sede del IID el 26 de febrero de 2026 por Luis Fleishman

PBD in The News

We, the Palm Beach Democracy Center, are acknowledged as a source in this article.
Kindly access it via the following link.

Acuerdo de Paz - Israel

Trump enviará 200 soldados a Gaza

Trump enviará 200 soldados a Gaza

Join the Conversation

Stay up to date with our newsletter!

Enter your mail to receive monthly updates, events and recaps.

The Center is a gathering of scholars, experts and community stakeholders, that engage in research and dialogue in an effort to create practical policy recommendations and solutions to current local, national, and international challenges.

©2025 The Palm Beach Center for Democracy and Policy Research. All Rights Reserved