Why Are Jews Liberals?

From the bestselling author of "World War IV" comes a brilliant and provocative examination of a central question in American politics and culture that is sure to generate tremendous controversy.

NORMAN PODHORETZ, who was the editor in chief of Commentary for thirty-five years, is now an adjunct fellow of the Hudson Institute and the author of numerous bestselling books, including Making It, Breaking Ranks, Ex-Friends, My Love Affair with America, The Prophets, and World War IV. He holds the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

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Introduction	p. 1
How the Jews Became Liberals
The "Witness" Doctrine	p. 9
Ghettos	p. 18
Poets and Exegetes	p. 25
Emancipation: Phase One	p. 30
The Enlightenment Puzzle	p. 38
Haskalah	p. 45
Emancipation: Phase Two	p. 51
The Second Great Puzzle	p. 60
The Golden Land	p. 71
Jews from Germany	p. 81
Anti-Semitism, Patrician Style	p. 87
Jews Without Money	p. 94
Emancipation: The Backlash	p. 104
"Defilers" of the Culture	p. 113
Enter FDR	p. 118
In Roosevelt's Wake: Truman	p. 127
From 1952 to 1968	p. 135
Why the Jews are Still Liberals
The Golden Age of Jewish Security	p. 147
Something New Under the Jewish Sun	p. 159
Nixon and Israel	p. 167
Carter: "Joining the Jackals"	p. 175
The 1980 Election	p. 181
Reagan and Israel	p. 191
Anti-"Zionism"	p. 198
The Case of The Nation	p. 204
The Case of National Review	p. 211
George H. W. Bush and Israel	p. 216
The Case of Pat Buchanan	p. 224
Clinton, the Religious Right, and the Jews	p. 233
George W. Bush and Israel	p. 243
2008	p. 252
As Liberal as Ever?	p. 258
The Wrong Answers	p. 269
The "Torah" of Liberalism	p. 280
Conclusion	p. 291
Notes	p. 297
Bibliographical Note	p. 319
Index	p. 321
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