LEADER 03333nam 2200445 450 001 9910619455203321 005 20231127200957.0 010 $a1-61249-300-9 035 $a(CKB)4340000000017976 035 $a(NjHacI)994340000000017976 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93641 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000017976 100 $a20221223d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAmerican politics and the Jewish community $ethe Jewish role in American life /$fBruce Zuckerman, Dan Schnur, Lisa Ansell, editors 210 $cPurdue University Press$d2013 210 1$aWest Lafayette, Indiana :$cPurdue University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (171 pages) 330 $aAt its broadest level, politics is the practice of making a community a better, safer, and more tolerant place to live. So it should be of no surprise that America?s Jews have devoted themselves to civic engagement and the democratic process. From before the Revolutionary War to the early twenty-first century, when America saw the first Jewish vice presidential nominee of a major party and the first Jewish Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Jewish community has always devoted itself to public service, issue advocacy, and involvement in politics and government at every level. While strong support for the safety and security of the state of Israel has been a hallmark of US foreign policy since Israel?s founding, it is by no means the only policy area in which American Jews are involved. Nor are American Jews monolithic in their politics. Although the Jewish community has become a reliable part of the Democratic Party?s base in most partisan elections, American Jews represent a wide range of ideologies on most economic and foreign policy matters. In addition to becoming leaders in business and labor, in academia and in philanthropy, Jewish Americans have always helped shape the discussion over the issues that form the country?s future. In this volume, a mix of professors, graduate students, and lay people in the field of politics with a breadth of experience debate some central questions: Is Israel still the most important policy concern for American Jews? Why does the Jewish community vote Democratic in such overwhelming numbers? Can American Jews balance economic, security, and human rights concerns in a rapidly changing international community? And how will such profound transformations affect the role of America?s Jewish community as the United States seeks out its own role in domestic and global politics? 517 $aAmerican Politics and the Jewish Community 517 $ajewish role in american life 606 $aJews$xPolitics and government 610 $aSocial groups: religious groups & communities 615 0$aJews$xPolitics and government. 676 $a305.8924 700 $aSchnur$b Dan$4edt$01438825 702 $aZuckerman$b Bruce 702 $aSchnur$b Dan 702 $aAnsell$b Lisa 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910619455203321 996 $aAmerican politics and the Jewish community$93600577 997 $aUNINA