THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 38 Friday, September 17, 1982 Survey Assesses American Jewish Attitudes FOR THE BEST VALUES ANYWHERE! ON THE FINEST 14 Kt. GOLD JEWELRY NEW YORK — American Jews are wholeheartedly in support of Israel and are concerned for her security even though most of them reserve the right to criticize her policies publicly. These are among the con- clusions of a survey of American Jewish views on a wide spectrum of topics ranging from the Middle East to the domestic agenda of the U.S. On the domestic side, the survey reveals that al- though Jews, like other Americans, have become more conservative in their political and social views in recent years, they are still more liberal on many issues than most of the rest of the country. 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The survey was con- ducted by Dr. Steven M. Cohen, who discussed his findings at a news con- ference last week at the national headquarters of the American Jewish Committee. The AJ- Committee was co- sponsor of the study, to- gether with the City Uni- versity Center for Jewish Studies. Dr. Cohen stated that the characteristics of his re- spondents, selected through an experimental, low-cost sampling technique, matched those appearing in other recent Jewish com- munity surveys. With a me- dian adult age of 49, Ameri- can Jews are older than the general population. They are better educated, with 59 percent college graduates, and 33 percent having attended graduate school. While their median in- come of $27,500 is higher than the general American average, there is a greater span in the incomes of Jews than is usually assumed. The comparatively large numbers of affluent house- holds are offset by large numbers of lower middle- income households. The survey revealed that American Jews ranked two issues above all others in terms of their importance to the American Jewish com- munity — the security of Is- rael and anti-Semitism in the U.S. A nearly-unanimous 94 percent of the respon- dents characterized themselves as either "pro-Israel (50 percent) or "very pro-Israel" (44 percent); 93 percent be- lieve that "support for Is- rael is in America's inter- est"; 83 percent would see the destruction of Israel as "one of the greatest personal tragedies of my life." At the same time, 71 per- cent do not believe that "Is- rael's future is secure," and 76 percent believe that "Jews should not vote for candidates who are un- friendly to Israel." Despite their support, however, most American Jews have never accepted that Zionist ideal that all Jews should strive to return to Israel, Dr. Cohen de- clared. He reported that a vast majority of his respon- dents, 81 percent, disagreed with the statement that "each American Jew should give serious thought to set- tling in Israel," and "by a margin of better than three to one (61 percent to 17 per- cent," they asserted that "there is a bright future for Jewish life in America." However, only 34 percent agree with the statement that "virtually all positions of influence in America are open to Jews." 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