Jewish Power: Inside the American Jewish Establishment

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• Jewish Power *
• Jewish Power - Inside the American Jewish Establishment *
• Contents ix
• Acknowledgements xi
• Acronyms of Jewish Organizations xiii
• Prologue - Up against Some Powerful Political Forces xv
• Part I - The Meaning of Jewish Power *
• Chapter 1 - Introduction: American Jews and Their Politics 3
• Chapter 2 - Not for Myself: Liberalism and the Jewish Agenda 21
• Chapter 3 - Vanishing Point: the Struggle for the Jewish Soul 47
• Part II - The Roots of Jewish Power *
• Chapter 4 - Our Eccentric Situation: the Disorganization of the Jews 83
• Chapter 5 - From the Ashes: Opening the Golden Door 109
• Chapter 6 - Six Days in June: the Triumph of Jewish Insecurity 133
• Chapter 7 - Let My People Go!: How the Jews Won the Cold War 163
• Chapter 8 - Jerusalem on the Potomac: the Rise and Rise of the Israel Lobby 197

• Jewish Power *
• Jewish Power - Inside the American Jewish Establishment *
• Contents ix
• Acknowledgements xi
• Acronyms of Jewish Organizations xiii
• Prologue - Up against Some Powerful Political Forces xv
• Part I - The Meaning of Jewish Power *
• Chapter 1 - Introduction: American Jews and Their Politics 3
• Chapter 2 - Not for Myself: Liberalism and the Jewish Agenda 21
• Chapter 3 - Vanishing Point: the Struggle for the Jewish Soul 47
• Part II - The Roots of Jewish Power *
• Chapter 4 - Our Eccentric Situation: the Disorganization of the Jews 83
• Chapter 5 - From the Ashes: Opening the Golden Door 109
• Chapter 6 - Six Days in June: the Triumph of Jewish Insecurity 133
• Chapter 7 - Let My People Go!: How the Jews Won the Cold War 163
• Chapter 8 - Jerusalem on the Potomac: the Rise and Rise of the Israel Lobby 197
• Part III - The Crises of Jewish Power *
• Chapter 9 - I Am Joseph Your Brother: Jews and Public Office 229
• Chapter 10 - Chosen People: Jews and the Ballot Box 251
• Chapter 11 - We Have Met the Enemy, and It is Us: Jews and the Media 279
• Chapter 12 - Dueling Victims: the Mysterious Art of Intergroup Relations 305
• Chapter 13 - Separated by a Common Faith: American Jewry's One-Way Love Affair with Israel 337
• Epilogue - Back to the Garden 369
• NOTES 375
• Bibliography 393
• Index 403