The Effects Of Israel's Wars On Diaspora Jews

Members of Israeli security forces stand during clashes with Palestinian protesters on July 24, 2015.

The Israeli cabinet held a special session June 28, dedicated to one of its least-known and potentially most fraught rituals: the annual briefing on the current state of Jewish life worldwide. It’s presented each spring by a semi-official Jerusalem think tank that monitors Israel-Diaspora relations, the Jewish People Policy Institute .

Some of what they talked about might surprise you. What they didn’t talk about might shock you.