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Contents

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Credits xvii
Introduction Senator Joseph I. Lieberman xxi
Prologue THE LIEBERMAN CANDIDACY
David M. Shribman
xxv

PART I THEMES, TRENDS, AND AMERICAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
1 IDENTITY AND POLITICS
Dilemmas of Jewish Leadership in America
Benjamin Ginsberg
3
2 AT THE SUMMIT
Presidents, Presidential Appointments, and Jews
David G. Dalin
29
3 ON THE HILL
Jews in the United States Congress
Connie L. McNeely and Susan J. Tolchin
49
4 ON THE BENCH
The Jewish Justices
Robert A. Burt
65
5 MOVERS, SHAKERS, AND LEADERS
Jewish Party Politicians
Gerald M. Pomper and Miles A. Pomper
81
6 WHO DOES WHAT?
Jewish Advocacy and Jewish “Interest”
Jerome A. Chanes
99
7 A PART AND APART
Jewish Americans, the Media, and American Politics
Matthew R. Kerbel
121
8 THE POLITICS OF MINORITY CONSCIOUSNESS
The Historical Voting Behavior of American Jews
Ira N. Forman
141
9 STILL LIBERAL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS?
The Contemporary Political Behavior of American Jewry
Anna Greenberg and Kenneth D. Wald
161
10 RIGHT TURN?
Jews and the American Conservative Movement
Edward Shapiro
195
11 FAMISHED FOR JUSTICE
The Jew as Radical
Stephen J. Whitfield
213
12 ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS
Jewish Women and American Politics
Joyce Antler
231
13 ISRAEL AND BEYOND
American Jews and U.S. Foreign Policy
Steven L. Spiegel
251
14 HOSTS, NOT VISITORS
The Future of Jews in American Politics
David M. Shribman
271
Annotated Sources and Suggested Readings 287
PART II BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES 297
PART III ROSTERS OF JEWISH LEADERSHIP AND VOTING
A Jewish Cabinet Officers 445
B Jews in the United States Senate 447
C Jews in the United States House of Representatives 449
D Jews on the United States Supreme Court 453
E Jews on the United States Circuit Court of Appeals 455
F Jews on the United States District Courts 457
G Jewish Ambassadors 461
H Jewish Governors 465
I Jews Holding Statewide Constitutional Offices 467
J Jewish Mayors of Major Cities 469
K Concentration of Jewish Population, 1800–2000 471
L Jewish Voting Patterns
       Selected Gubernatorial Elections
       Selected Senatorial Elections
       Selected City Elections
475
Index 481
About the Contributors 503



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