The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs ( JCPA ) is a public policy think tank devoted to research and analysis of critical issues facing the Middle East.

The JCPA works on shaping consensus on public issues, developing strategic responses, and working with the media, elected officials, coalition partners, and others through public relations, advocacy, and lobbying.

The JCPA is also actively involved in environmentalism and climate change issues though its program the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life ( COEJL ), an affiliate of the National Religious Partnership on the Environment.

These policies become part of the " JCPA Policy Compendium ," which includes positions on a range of issues.

* Watching the Pro-Israeli Media Watchers by Manfred Gerstenfeld and Ben Green on JCPA

* JCPA briefing on Hezbollah

The current president of the JCPA is former Israeli ambassador Dore Gold who has represented Israel in several diplomatic posts and served as adviser to prime ministers Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu.

International issues that the JCPA is concerned with include Israel-United States relations, global antisemitism, the United Nations, the well-being of Jews in endangered areas, and human rights.

Domestic issues that the JCPA is concerned with include include anti-Semitism, social justice, poverty, education, public health, and individual rights, and religious liberties including the preservation of the separation of church and state.

Jewish Community Relations Council ( JCRC ) is a generic term for local public affairs organizations which operate under the Jewish Council for Public Affairs ( JCPA ) umbrella organization.

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs ( JCPA ) is an American Jewish non-profit organization that deals with community relations.

The JCPA describes itself as " the representative voice of the organized American Jewish community.

The JCPA was established as the National Community Relations Advisory Council in 1944 by the Council of Jewish Federations, which later became part of the United Jewish Communities, now the Jewish Federations of North America.

Each year the JCPA has an annual conference known as the Plenum, the highest policy-developing body of the organization.

At the Plenum the JCPA hosts speakers and debates and adopts resolutions expressing the consensus policies of member organizations and the organized American Jewish community.

In September 2007, the JCPA launched an anti-poverty program " There shall be no needy among you.

JCPA director Gutow led a national ' food stamp challenge ' in which he and others consumed for a week no more food than could be purchased with $ 21, the total amount received by the average food stamp recipient.

The JCPA also jointly manages, in partnership with The Jewish Federations of North America the Israel Action Network.

The JCPA is a partner in the Campaign for Children's Health Care, a campaign to raise awareness about the problem of uninsured children in America.

The JCPA was established in 1978 by Daniel Elazar as an umbrella organization encompassing the Center for Jewish Community Studies and the Jerusalem Institute for Federal Studies.

The JCPA served as an adviser for Project Renewal, a major urban revitalization program.

The JCPA cofounded NGO Monitor with B ' nai B ' rith following the 2001 Durban Conference.

JCPA is a pro-Israel organisation, promoting a positive image of Israel, advocating Israels right to exist and fighting anti-semitism.

The newsletter contains excepts of Israel-related news and has been provided by JCPA since 2002.

The JCPA is located in a landmark building dating from 1932.

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This music is characterized by a large technical research and focuses mainly on twelve long Noubate " series ", its main instruments are the mandolin, violin, lute, guitar, zither, flute and piano.

* Archaeological research focuses on items left behind during people ’ s activities: fragments of pottery vessels, garbage, human remains, stone tools or evidence left from the construction of dwellings.

Botanical research focuses on plant population groups, evolution, physiology, structure, and systematics.

Chalmers University of Technology (, often shortened to Chalmers ), is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.

Douglas Richard Hofstadter ( born February 15, 1945 ) is an American professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics.

A great deal of current research focuses on precisely positioning heat delivery devices ( catheters, microwave, and ultrasound applicators, etc.

The Information Sciences Institute ( ISI ) is a research and development unit of the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering which focuses on computer and communications technology and information processing.

According to Jex & Britt, individual and organization research can be divided into four unique research focuses.

Current research focuses on mushrooms that may have hypoglycemic activity, anti-cancer activity, anti-pathogenic activity, and immune system enhancing activity.

An issue with SOCE claims is that conversion therapists falsely assume that homosexuality is a mental disorder, and that their research focuses almost exclusively on gay men and rarely includes lesbians.

Statistical study, however, is only a small component of SABR members ' research, which also focuses on diverse issues including ballparks, the Negro Leagues, rules changes, and the desegregation of baseball as a mirror of American culture.

The facility focuses on fuel cell, new media, wireless, and life science / biotechnological research.

It focuses on three areas: education ( with the largest educational project in Central Europe, the Prague Student Summit ), research ( at its Research Center ) and international outreach ( currently in Belarus and other countries ).

LIIA is a non governmental and non partisan foundation, established in 1992, their research and advocacy mainly focuses on: Latvian foreign policy, Transatlantic relations, European Union policies, including its neighborhood policy and Eastern Partnership, and multilateral and bilateral relations with Russia.

Providus focuses their work ( both research and advocacy ) on topics especially relevant in transition and post-transistion environments and Latvia in particular: good governance ; criminal justice policy ; tolerance and inclusive public policy and European policy.

CESD focuses on policy advocacy and reform, and is involved with policy research and capacity building.

Nuclear materials research focuses on two main subject areas, nuclear fuels and irradiation-induced modification of materials.

His current research focuses on operations research.

* The LLNL chemistry, materials, and life science research focuses on chemical engineering, nuclear chemistry, materials science, and biology and bio-nanotechnology.

There is a general lack of consensus in the diagnosis and treatment of DID and research on treatment effectiveness focuses mainly on clinical approaches described in case studies.

Hiram's education plan also focuses on international study experiences, independent study opportunities, and faculty-guided research projects.

Yun Kuen Lee's criticism of nationalist sentiment in developing an explanation of Three Dynasties chronology focuses on the dichotomy of evidence provided by archaeological versus historical research, in particular the claim that the archaeological Erlitou Culture is also the historical Xia Dynasty.

One of the most significant recent trends in cognitive neuroscience is that the focuses of research have gradually expanded from the localization of brain area ( s ) for a specific function in the adult brain using a single technology, studies have been diverging in several different directions such as monitoring REM sleep via polygraphy, a machine that is capable of taking down the electrical activity of brain while sleeping.