Israelis approve of Trump’s handling of U.S.-Israel relations by 77%. You probably aren’t surprised.
According to a poll taken by the American Jewish Committee, 34% of American Jews approve of Trump’s handling of U.S.-Israel relations. 57% disapprove.
How to explain that?
According to Steven R. Weisman, author of “The Chosen Wars: How Judaism Became an American Religion,” American Jews see themselves as playing a “redemptive role.” In 1885 a group of Reform rabbis wrote the Pittsburgh Platform that said it was the duty of Jews “to participate in the great task of modern times, to solve, on the basis of justice and righteousness, the problems presented by the contrasts and evils of the present organization of society.”
Most American Jews, according to a 2013 study, see working for justice and equality as part of their identity. If only more religions did.
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