Within the wider framework of the dilemmas and challenges we face in the New Era, the Jewish people are called upon to deal with issues and questions pertaining to our existence, our role in global initiatives and the shaping of our own identity.

For many years, Israel had been perceived as a global “problem.”. Today, global challenges are as much on the Israeli agenda as they are issues which trouble the entire world. It is thus called for that we work together to address these and future challenges — not merely to respond to them, but to dream and to create... to come up with strategic priorities, as profoundly as our people have demonstrated throughout history... to believe and to carryout... It is only via the consolidation of our efforts — those of Israel and the Jewish people —that we may truly lend a hand to shaping the future and the wellbeing of our people.

Living in a globalized world, “reality” inevitably becomes a dynamic and forever changing phenomenon, within which different communities are faced with varying circumstances and challenges. The Jewish people must not neglect the importance of collecting the single voices throughout the Jewish world and combining them into a comprehensive and meaningful whole. Our responsibility, as a people, is to allow for all such voices to be heard. We must, both in Israel and throughout the Diaspora, learn the art of sensitivity and wisdom, which may allow us to extract the potential embedded in such voices. Our aim, throughout this process, must remain to promote an intellectual as well as qualitative partnership for the good of our people.

It is an inherent part of the Jewish heritage to seek global responsibilities within the framework of Tikkun Olam. Despite its small size, Israel has proved that it is capable of creating a unique economy.