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This political survey was intended to provide a snapshot of Jewish voters. It offers some interesting insights into the depth and intensity of Jewish political engagement, but by the nature of this study it does not permit one to make any defining conclusions. Further, the findings confirm that from this particular cohort (some 2300 participants), Jews hold deeply embedded policy positions on key domestic and international issues. In this particular study one finds a distinctive Jewish conservative voice emerging on Israel related matters and an array of domestic social issues. [Bold added for emphasis by poster.] The data also suggests...

All three said they were in support of gun control legislation, with Obama citing a need for higher taxes on ammunition and registration requirements on firearms, and Trotter citing his 1989 support of background checks and seven-day waiting periods in the State House. All three also said they were opposed to the oil extraction proposed in the Alaska wilderness. On foreign policy, all three agreed that while attention to dangerous fringe groups and other potential problems was needed, the U.S. should not take on the role of the world policeman. They even agreed on a proposal to legalize medicinal marijuana,...

Since I began working at Accuracy in Academia one of my primary tasks has been reporting on the academic freedom movement. In pursuit of these stories, I have been able to attend hearings in Pennsylvania of the state House Select Committee on Academic Freedom at Temple University and Millersville University. I’ve listened to radio programming from Lion Radio at Penn State and have conversed with Pennsylvanians on the topic of academic freedom whenever possible. Last week as I searched for new information on the issue I found an opinion piece by William Kashatus, assistant professor of History at Luzerne County...