1st Edition

Jewish Power in America Myth and Reality

By Henry Feingold Copyright 2008
181 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

181 Pages
by Routledge

Jewish political power exists as a separate agency in the American polity, but before it can be determined whether it is inordinate, historian Henry L. Feingold declares that it first needs to be identified and defined. Jewish power is not associated with military armaments as with a sovereign state like Israel. Nor is it personal power. There are many influential Jews today who have raised huge... Read more
Introduction I. Seeking the Sources of Jewish Influence in America II. Saving the Jews of Europe: The Failure of the “Jew Deal” III. Jewish Power and the Freeing of Soviet Jewry IV. The United States and Israel: Jewish Power or National Interest? V. American Jewish Political Culture and the Left VI. Neocons: Do They Represent a Jewish Communal Interest? VII. The New Left and the Jews VIII. Epilogue

Biography

Henry Feingold