ABSTRACT
This paper presents an economic analysis of the relationship between Israel and the American Jewish Community and forecasts this relationship 25 years into the future. It is undertaken as part of the IL-2020 project of the Settlement Department, Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), and takes as given the alternative scenarios for Israel’s economic development described in that document.1
The analysis is also undertaken from a Zionist perspective: Israel is understood here as not only a political sovereignty for its own citizens but also as the Jewish State, a community within world Jewry with a unique stature and a special role derived primarily from its existence as an independent polity.
