AJC poll indicates that 70% of U.S. Jews oppose the war in Iraq

Approximately 70% of Jews in the United States oppose the war in Iraq, compared to 28% who support the war, according to a poll conducted by the American Jewish Committee. The poll indicates that 60% of U.S. Jews do not agree with the manner in which the U.S. government is conducting the war on terror.

The poll, which will be published Wednesday, includes a special section on questions examining U.S. Jews' attitudes on relations with Israel. According to the poll, 59% of Jews in the U.S. have never visited Israel; 20% of those polled have visited Israel once, and another 20% said they had visited Israel more than once.

Of those who have never visited Israel, 49% cited the cost of the flight as the main reason, while 20% said security concerns were the reason, and 18% said they had never visited Israel due to "lack of interest."

Some 79% of those polled said that concern for Israel is a main part of their lives as Jews, while 19% disagreed with this statement.

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...to make the news and claim to speak for Israel. I don't understand the way their minds work.

Please note that most of the Jewish side of my family were rounded up and exterminated by Hitler's War machine. I was raise Roman-Catholic, but am currently a Buddhist.

If this seems like an inappropriate forum, never mind, I'll pose the question at another time.

No.

Does he get more airtime then nearly any elected official (at least US House delegate) from New York, at least on "punditry" type "news" shows? Yes.

Another example...is the MSM really "liberal-biased"?

Perception != Reality...unless you view the world with an open mind; through an un-obscured lens. We all know what they say about smoke and mirrors...

to assure a Roman Catholic Republican.

My wife and I both have Democratic cousins in the NY 3rd District.

Seem to always land on the right side of war opposition and seperation of church & state issues.

Forgot about them, they're good like that as well.

New York State - beyond Westchester and Rockland -- and out on "The Island" is Republican. Drive up I-81, and with the exception of Binghamton and Syracuse - it's "Red State" - "Bible Belt" - "Conservative."

Only 16 percent of those polled said they were Republicans, while 54 percent said they were Democrats; 29 percent said they were Independents.

That's about how the Jewish demographic breaks down. What's your point?

Me too ;-)

asylum in the event America really goes crazy. (Can't happen here? Happened every place else).

Read

1. While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy by Arthur D. Morse
2. The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945 by David S. Wyman

Only Japan - Domo arigatoo gozaimasu -- The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story Of The Japanese And The Jews During World War II by Marvin Tokayer

After the Left fails us - and after the Second Amendment and the rights granted thereunder fail us -- Israel is the ultimate asylum.

shores during WWII. Mrs. Roosevelt tried to do something about it but was not successful. FDR was very wrong headed then.

Masculinity Challenged, Men Prefer War and SUVs
By LiveScience Staff
posted: 02 August 2005
03:58 pm ET

Men whose masculinity is challenged become more inclined to support war or buy an SUV, a new study finds.

Their attitudes against gays change, too.

Cornell University researcher Robb Willer used a survey to sample undergraduates. Participants were randomly assigned feedback that indicated their responses were either masculine of feminine.

<snip>

"I found that if you made men more insecure about their masculinity, they displayed more homophobic attitudes, tended to support the Iraq war more and would be more willing to purchase an SUV over another type of vehicle," said Willer said. "There were no increases for other types of cars."

More:
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050802_masculinity.html

:rofl:

Your post was COMPLETELY unexpected! LOL!

The guys with the biggest umm, equipment, would have trouble fitting in the smallest vehicles

Shalom.

I thought wrongly that Leiberman supported the war because it was popular with U.S. Jews. Boy was I ever thinking wrongly!

A sad protrait of extremism.

When you get past Rockland and Westchester - it is a Conservative - Bible Belt - Red State (I lived in Broome County).

Went for both Gore and Kerry. My daughter goes to college in Cortland. She said FARMS around there had signs up, "NO MORE BUSH".

Hillary is popular in Broome County and in the towns with SUNY campuses - but until 2004 both of Broome County's Assembly members were GOP. Donna Lupardo (D) was elected. Tom Libous (R) is still the Senator, and Rich Bucci (R) is still the Mayor.

The 126th District has been hit with fairly massive layoffs - and Pataki helped on the first round. Hillary helped on the latest round - and campaigned for Donna Lupardo.

But I worked in Tioga - that's solid GOP.

He's there to represent Connecticut.

Tucker

of the Likud Party in Israel, who strongly support the war. Most Jews who live outside of Israel are against its policies.

I do hope that those who continue to suggest the offensive falsehood that American Jews pushed for the War in Iraq will open their eyes to the truth.

Thanks for posting this here. :thumbsup:

I am hoping they will place the survey on-line. I will keep an eye out for it (supposedly, Wednesday).

Do stop by the Jewish room! :toast:

There are of course, so many more reasons.
While AIPAC sent out all kinds of alarms about Iraq, (and now Iran and Syria) it only speaks for militaristic, imperialistic few (of no particular ethnicity).
Just like AIPAC does when it supports the crazy advisors who supported the attack on Iraq, like Daniel Pipes, who was a key advisor to Bush Jr.

In the 1980's, Pipes was a supporter of military aid to Saddam. Makes sense, if your heart is set on killing as many non-European people as possible, as Pipes seems determined to do.
See the scoop on Pipes here:
http://tomjoad.org/pipes.htm

portion of American Jewish thought. At least the more thoughtful of us do.

It's just that the hawks, both Jewish and gentile, are in power now. And among them are some extremely pro-Israel hawks, who are involved in setting US policy. Some people, it's true, don't seem to understand the demographics or complexities or subtleties of all this.

was a * ass kisser.

for multi-nationals.

Besides - for an earlier generation when people hired on to a compnay for a career and a pension (like the multi-nationals headquartered in CT and DE) - you voted your employer's interests - especially if you worked in proximity to the corporate HQ.

1. It should be a wakeup call to the anti-semites--some on the Left, and some on the Right-- who claim that the "Jooos" are behind the Iraq War. They have been proven to be officially full of shit.

2. This should serve notice to the Democrats that they need not support this war to satisfy their Jewish constituents. In fact, I would say that American Jews are more opposed to this war than white American Protestants.

Just the other day, she was asking if I had any information on what Jewish Americans thought of all this (her Muslim friends and relatives there are also opposed to Bush's policies). So, thanks for posting!

My guess is that if they are trying to find the closest Democratic Party HQ, there's actually a pretty good chance that any Jewish person, asked at random, will be able to assist!

Towards the end of the article:
"Only 16 percent of those polled said they were Republicans, while 54 percent said they were Democrats; 29 percent said they were Independents."

It still leaves the 28% to work on. :) But that's great. Someone ought to buy a clue for jomo.
I know it doesn't transfer straight over but the elusive 29% of Americans that are blind followers of dubya love the war and think he can do no wrong.
I try to stay out of Israel discussions because they always get nasty, but Sharon seems to have had a turn around from my perspective. He seems to have softened some.
:shrug:

what he is gunning for. Look for a rumour about Lieberman to be named Commerce Secretary next. Week in week out, that leader of Israeli Hawk Democrats will be painted as having jumped ship and moving to the fold of the neocons.

Next week the rumour will be that Lieberman will be named assistant secretary of state. Week three (actually week five) the rumour will be that he jumped ship and becomes UN Ambassador.

And on and on.

The motion of a leader moving to the Hard Line on the Middle East Bush WH - will play out again and again and again.

So that 3% of that group of Dems will jump. Takes lots of repetition to create pathways in the minds of your soon to be supporters. And a whole lot of contempt.

IMHO.

The entire survey is up at the AJC. Here is the link: 2005 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion

self-identified, self-nominated "Progressives" who call us Neocons and PNACers.

It would be interesting to see some numbers on volunteer support and financial support for Democratic candidates by ethnicity.