,Jewish Liberalism Revisited

Jewish Liberalism Revisited


 

Publication Date: November 1996

Publisher: American Jewish Committee

Author(s): Charles S. Liebman; Steven M. Cohen

Research Area: Politics

Keywords: Study; Church and State; Political behavior; Values

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The authors examine two aspects of a commonly expressed idea: that American Jews are more liberal than non-Jewish Americans, and that this liberalism derives from traditional Jewish values. After examining evidence from a survey of American social attitudes conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), the authors find that while American Jews are more liberal than other groups in certain selective ways, there is no evidence to suggest that this derives from traditional Jewish teachings.