zumindest in den USA. Dies soll der neue Meinungsjahresbericht des American Jewish Committee aussagen. Der vollständige Bericht kann hier heruntergeladen werden. Die präsentierte Sicht gilt natürlich nur für die jüdische Bevölkerung der USA. JewishJournal.com schreibt
The AJCommittee’s 2007 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion focused mainly on the political preferences and concerns of Jews leading into this election season. It showed that while Jews across the religious spectrum have maintained their political party affiliation, on specific issues the Orthodox are becoming much more conservative than Jews who affiliate with the more liberal religious streams of Judaism. von hier
Eigentlich nicht überraschend sind die Zahlen:
According to the survey, 69 percent of Orthodox Jews said they feel “very close” to Israel, compared to 29 percent of Conservative Jews and 22 percent of Reform Jews. Only 4 percent of the Orthodox said they feel “fairly distant,” as opposed to 14 percent of Conservatives and 25 percent of the Reform. Fifty-seven percent of Orthodox Jews said the United States “did the right thing” when it invaded Iraq and support U.S. military action against Iran. Only 27 percent of Conservative Jews backed the Iraq war and 38 percent favored strikes against the Islamic Republic; among Reform Jews the totals were 22 percent and 32 percent. von hier
22 Prozent der amerikanischen Reformjuden fühlen sich Israel nahe - da ist offensichtlich noch einiges an Arbeit zu leisten…