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Jewish identity among
many young Jews.
Still, as tensions
flared along the
Gaza-Israel border
and Israel's northern
border erupted into
war over the sum-
mer, American Jews
mobilized quickly and
decisively to aid the
Jewish state. Jewish
leaders met pub-
licly and privately with
world leaders and dip-
lomats, urging them
to condemn Hezbollah
attacks and stressing
the complicity of both .
Iran and Syria in the
northern war.
Jewish groups raised
large sums of money
to help Israeli causes,
from shoring up dwin:-
dling blood supplies
to helping children
living in the line of fire
The Satmar grand rebbe, Moshe Teitelbaum,
escape to safer ground.
foreground, in a 1983 photo, had 50,000 followers.
Even before the war,
Israel was at the cen-
a young, culturally minded Jew. But
ter of American Jewry's agenda. An
the explosion in material led some
effort in Congress to cut off assistance
observers this year to ask whether the
to the Palestinian Authority after
arts should be viewed as a gateway
Hamas' landslide electoral victory in
to further Jewish involvement or are
January met unexpected resistance
valuable as a destination in and of
from a coalition of dovish Jewish
themselves.
groups. AIPAC strongly favored the
The distinction probably doesn't
bill, but Americans for Peace Now, the
matter to many of those surveyed in
Israel Policy Forum and Brit Tzedek
the studies. However, the answer has
v'Shalom objected particularly to
practical implications when it comes
the U.S. House of Representatives
to deciding which initiatives Jewish
version because it would cut off the
organizations.and philanthropists
Palestinian Authority regardless of
should fund.
whether it is led by Hamas.
Another study of younger Jews,
The groups said the measure would
this one by the American Jewish
suffocate any attempts by Palestinian
Committee, suggested that Orthodoxy
moderates to push back at Hamas.
will become a larger and more influ-
Democratic lawmakers said Jewish
ential force in coming decades. The
calls opposing the legislation outnum-
survey, which looked at the 1.5 million bered those in support by 3-1.
U.S. Jews between the ages of 18-39,
In the end, both bills passed over-
found that Orthodox Jews comprise
whelmingly, though the House version
some 11 percent of all U.S. Jews and
recorded 37 votes against — far more
16 percent of 18-29-year-olds.
than the usual dozen diehard Israel
Among even younger Jews, the per-
critics. The Senate and the House have
centage of Orthodox is even higher,
yet to reconcile substantial differences
those behind the report speculated.
between their versions of the bill,
Further, the survey found, Orthodox casting doubt on whether it will land
Jews marry at a younger age, have
on President Bush's desk this congres-
more children and are more Jewishly
sional session.
engaged than their non-Orthodox
Meanwhile, the Arab-Israeli conflict
counterparts.
also was being played out on movie
The same study found that the
screens across the country as two
Holocaust is proving more important
films — Steven Spielberg's Munich
than Israel in positively affecting
and Hany Abu-Assad's Paradise Now