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Opinion: In survey of American Jews, questions for right and left
Jewish Journal
April 3, 2012
Mark Twain famously distrusted statistics. This was due to their malleability. Ask the question the right way, and you can claim a mandate for anything.
At AIPAC, effort to shift focus back to agenda: Iran, foreign aid, Capitol Hill relationships
Ron Kampeas, JTA
May 24, 2011
Let’s get past this U.S.-Israel relationship thing, so we can get on with important stuff, like the U.S.-Israel relationship.
I rode on the wild side — when road rage met anti-Semitism
Gary Wexler
January 11, 2007
On the way to Los Angeles International Airport this afternoon, I thought I was about to be murdered.
GOP pro-Israel campaign is the real deal — why the hysteria?
Arnold Steinberg
October 12, 2006
For many, party allegiance is based on gut feeling, for others, a multiplicity of issues. For now, let\’s talk about the most controversial issue RJC confronted — Israel
For Whom Poll Tolls
Raphael J. Sonenshein
July 1, 2004
From 1992 through the present, a remarkably consistent 50 percent of Jewish voters have called themselves Democrats, roughly one-third independents and 16-18 percent Republicans.
Jews in U. S. Politics
Sharon Samber
November 1, 2001
A woman who was the trusted adviser to the governor of New York in the 1920s. The ambassador to Turkey in 1889. The attorney general in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. Belle Moskowitz, Solomon Hirsch and Edward Levi were all Jews involved in U.S. political life in different periods. Previously confined to the footnotes of political science textbooks or familiar only to political junkies, these figures and others are part of a new book charting Jews\’ impact on American political life.
The book, \”Jews in American Politics,\” (Rowman & Littlefield, $39.95) is not simply a \”locate the landsman\” exercise but an attempt to address a number of issues — such as Jewish political behavior, Jewish advocacy and the relationship between politics and Jewish identity — along with important demographic information and more than 400 biographical profiles.
After the Election
Marlene Adler Marks
November 16, 2000
For a few strained hours last week, I was afraid we\’d be witnessing the Jewish version of Elian Gonzalez, Part II. Could Jewish blood pressure withstand the tension of the Palm Beach vote taken hostage?
Crypto – Jews Unmasked
Naomi Pfefferman
August 5, 1999
This past October I found myself, along with four other North American Jewish journalists, flying business class — a wonderful way to fly — to Croatia on Lufthansa Airlines.
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