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Troubling Poll Numbers for American Jews

(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - The Harvard/Harris monthly survey from December 13-14, 2023, asked: "Do you think that Jews as a class are oppressors and should be treated as oppressors, or is that a false ideology?" 67% of participants ages 18 to 24 responded that Jews are "oppressors." If that proves an accurate assessment of opinion among generations that will lead the U.S. in the future, then it also means that the assumption on the part of many Jews that "it can't happen here" will be proven wrong. The older one gets, the more likely the respondent was to correctly label talk of Jewish oppressors as a "false ideology." Those aged 25 to 34 answered 56% to 44% that it was false. Those aged 35 to 44 gave a 64% to 35% majority to the "false ideology" answer, with those aged 45 to 54, 55 to 64, and 65 and older opposing this smear by 76%, 85% and 91%, respectively. 60% of 18- to 24-year-olds also said that the Hamas atrocities of Oct. 7 were "justified by the grievances of the Palestinians." Large majorities of every other age group said they were not justified. 76% of this age group bought into the fairy tale that Hamas "can be negotiated with to create peace rather than merely being committed to Israel's destruction." 53% of this age group think that college students should be free to advocate for the genocide of Jews.
2023-12-20 00:00:00
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