On behalf of the Jewish Electorate Institute (JEI), Greenberg Research conducted a survey of 1,000 Jewish voters to understand what drives their engagement in politics in advance of the 2020 elections. The results demonstrate that domestic issues dominate the policy priorities of the Jewish community as they determine which candidate […] Read more »
The American GI in WWII, uncensored
Pfc Elias Friedensohn in June 1945 at the Special Services Distributing Point, Seine Section, Paris, France. National Archives Edward Gitre, Virginia Tech I can still recall the exhilaration I felt in the reading room of the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. It was mid-April 2009. I was scrolling through […] Read more »
Many Americans see religious discrimination in U.S. – especially against Muslims
While ideas about religious liberty and tolerance are central to America’s founding and national story, different religious groups – including Catholics, Jews and Mormons – have suffered discrimination in the United States at various points in history. Today, Americans say some religious groups continue to be discriminated against and disadvantaged, […] Read more »
Americans divided on what constitutes anti-Semitic speech, behavior
A recent nationally representative survey from the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP) suggests that while Americans generally agree that anti-Semitism is a significant problem in the United States, they remain divided on what constitutes “anti-Semitic” speech and behavior. According to the survey results, generational divides in views of acceptable […] Read more »
Less Than Half in U.S. Would Vote for a Socialist for President
Less than half of Americans (47%) say they would vote for a qualified presidential candidate who is a socialist — the same percentage Gallup found in 2015. A socialist candidate is the only one among a dozen hypothetical candidates about whom a minority of Americans say they are willing to […] Read more »
Americans See Advantages and Challenges in Country’s Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity
As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, and as companies from Wall Street to Silicon Valley grapple with how to build workforces that reflect these changing demographics, Americans have a complicated, even contradictory, set of views about the impact of diversity and the best way to achieve […] Read more »