Institute for Strategy and Haredi Policy

The Haredi Institute for public affairs – creating research based policy The Haredi Institute for public affairs specializes in strategic planning, development, implementation and promotion of data-based policies and research in everything related to Haredi society in Israel. The institute’s unique methodology combines data analysis, quantitative research and qualitative research, with an in-depth understanding of the haredi world. The institute’s staff consists of researchers and academics from a wide range of fields, strategy and public policy experts, and haredi research fellows with extensive professional backgrounds and rich experience in managing public systems in both the haredi community and municipal authorities and government ministries. In recent years, the institute has been a key partner in setting policy and planning projects for many government bodies, including: the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Construction and Housing, the Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage, the Bnei Brak Municipality, Beit Shemesh Municipality, the Haredi Local Authorities Forum and more. The vision The expected increase in haredi society and its share in general society will constitute a strategic change with significant implications for many areas in the State of Israel. The overarching goal of the institute is to find a successful, dignified and realistic solution to the challenges that the new reality poses for both the haredi society and the state. The way to such a solution is to build a multi-year strategic plan for the promotion and development of the haredi sector in the fields of employment, health, education, housing and the municipal sector, in addition to broad issues such as digitization and human capital. This vision led the Institute to develop a unique work model for policy formulation and advancement. The model, which combines academic researchers, data analysis experts and haredi colleagues who know the complexity of the field, successfully produces strategic programs with high applicability, carried out in constant dialogue with the rabbinical and public leadership of haredi society. The institute is also very experienced in creating collaborations with philanthropic organizations and bodies that specialize in socio-economic projects in haredi society.