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Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research

The think tank helping to shape Jerusalem’s reality

The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research (JIPR) is an independent think tank founded in 1978 by then-mayor Teddy Kollek.

|ByPEGGY CIDOR
THE JIPR, nestled in the heart of Rehavia, was founded by legendary mayor Teddy Kollek.
Transit Users in Israel, by Age, 2017

Just the Facts: Which age groups use public transportation?

While riding on the bus, I’ve been taking advantage of my time to look around at the other people riding the bus with me.

|ByYAIR ASSAF-SHAPIRA
Jerusalem 2019

Jerusalem 2019: Facts and figures

The city is the largest in the country, both in area and population. But Jerusalem not only has the distinction of being the capital, it also ranks as Israel’s poorest city.

|ByPEGGY CIDOR
Percentage of vehicles older than a decade in Israel's biggest cities, 2016

Reaching the road

The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research

|ByLIOR REGEV

Neighborhoods & young people

When studying the concentrations of people aged 20 to 34, it emerges that the areas they prefer are the various parts of Nahlaot and the center of the city.

OCTOBER 26, 2017
BySHAYA ROSENBLUM
'Street art' on Yoel Moshe Salomon Street in the center of Jerusalem

Trusting one’s fellow man

It seems that satisfaction with life is also related to the tendency to trust others.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
ByYAIR ASSAF-SHAPIRA
A secular and religious Jew walk arm in arm as a celebration of Jewish unity