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	List of Jewish Americans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At about 6.5 million, the Jewish population of the United States is currently the largest Jewish population in the world.
		See also List of Jewish Recipients of National Medal of Arts in U.S. Visual artists
		This is a list of famous American Jews.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Jewish_Americans (136 words)

	PBS VIDEOdatabase of America's History and Culture -- Chapters
		The Jewish American prisoners status was changed from prisoners of war to political prisoners.
		Four thousand Americans were also held there within 15 buildings.
		The American prisoners and thousands of other survivors were pushed south to prevent their liberation, walking 15 to 20 miles a day without food.
	pbsvideodb.pbs.org /programs/all_chapters.asp?item_id=38291 (778 words)

	Cyndi's List - Jewish
		A listing of the 1,167 tombstones in the Jewish cemetery of Rhodes.
		The Jewish Foundation for Education of Women was founded in New York City in 1880 as the Louis Down Town Sabbath School for the purpose of helping under-privileged children of Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side.
		For those with Jewish roots in the area known as "greater Hungary" or pre-Trianon Hungary and includes areas that at one time were predominantly Hungarian speaking.
	www.cyndislist.com /jewish.htm (5979 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: List of Latin American Jews
		Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus's crew.
		Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken.
		Here is a list of some prominent Latin American Jews, arranged by country of origin.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Latin-American-Jews (633 words)

	List of Jewish American artists: Encyclopedia topic
		This page is part of the List of Jewish Americans (List of Jewish Americans: more facts about this subject) series.
		This is a list of Jew (Jew: A person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties) ish American (American: A native or inhabitant of the United States) artists.
		Roz Chast (Roz Chast: roz chast (born november 26, 1954) is an american cartoonist and is a staff cartoonist...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_jewish_american_artists (2064 words)

	Multicultural Resources: Jewish Americans/Judaica
		This site is devoted to contemporary Jewish American authors, designed primarily for researchers in Jewish American Literature, it also includes material that will interest both the common reader and the academician.
		This Jewish Studies network is one of the oldest Internet projects in the humanities, initially operating under the name He'Asif, starting in 1987.
		The Blackwell companion to Jewish culture: from the eighteenth century to the present.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/LIBRARY/guide/mcjewish.html (978 words)

	Jewish Links
		The Walkingstick Foundation is a nonprofit tax-exempt Jewish and Native American partnership dedicated to the recovery and preservation of indigenous spirituality.
		Jewish Warriors The Jew as fighter, as warrior, as hero, a paper by Norman J. Finkelshteyn.
		Americans for Peace Now is a national grassroots organization of American Zionists committed to peace and security for Israel.
	www.lgrossman.com /jewish.html (6897 words)

	The Jewish American Pagan List
		The name of the list comes from the phrase "Jewish American Pagan," though, of course, non-Americans are more than welcome to join as well.
		The list jap-l is a list for Jewish Pagans, Jewwitches, Jewish mages, and those interested in Judeopaganism and Semitic Paganism in general, whether as a practitioner or a scholar or just plain interested.
		Although discussion of the Kabbalah will be allowed when it overlaps with Judeopaganism, extensive discussions of the Kabbalah will be asked to move to a different location, unless they are directly related to Judeopaganism, as this is not a list for general Jewish mysticism, and there are other net resources for that topic.
	www.hollyfeld.org /heaven/.Web/elists/jap-l.phtml (347 words)

	Links related to The Lengthy List of Jewish Links
		Jewish Spouses is a forum to discuss the issues and challenges which arise among Jewish married couples, as well as the means to resolve stressful issues, all according to Jewish principles.
		Jewish Beginnings - Jewish discussion groups among long-term observers of Judaism can sometimes be intimidating for the uninitiated, for those living in distant areas, or for those who are beginning their path in Judaism.
		Jewish Leadership - Jewish Leadership is a forum for educational, political, institutional, organizational, and aspiring young Jewish leadership to discuss issues of common interest.
	www.greenspun.com /boohoo/related.tcl?page_id=Jewish_Links (11006 words)

	The Zionist Jew, According to the Jewish Encyclopedia
		Jewish Coalition; served on the executive board of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, [couldn't that be considered a conflict of interest?]the Executive Committee of the N. Regional Advisory Board of the
		Two of those early Jewish converts, Karl Marx and Ferdinand Lassal were to become commanding figures to the history of socialism; one as the father of scientific socialism, the other as the founder of the German Socialist party.
		The next important phenomenon of this period is the splitting and liquidating process which occurred with the Jewish socialist parties under the influence of the communist movement.
	www.sweetliberty.org /zionism.htm (3538 words)

	Alexander Cockburn: Congressman Moran & the Dixie Chicks; Hitchens and Horowitz
		Of 23 Jewish Democrats in the House, 16 voted in support of the resolution, while seven voted "no," In recent weeks, fearing backlash, some Jewish groups have been carefully downplaying their support for Bush and the war.
		In January the American Jewish Committee released a poll claiming that a majority of American Jews-59 percent-approve of US military action against Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
		My comments were made in frustration, and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view.'' Way to go, Natalie, who went to UC Berkeley for a year.
	www.counterpunch.org /cockburn03152003.html (2437 words)

	Awk in TutorGig Encyclopedia
		JewsByCountry div style float right Template Americans div This is a list of famous Jewish Americans.
		List of eponyms (L-Z) awk, a computer pattern action language, is taken from Weinberger Duke of Wellington &ndash Beef..
	www.tutorgig.com /es/Awk/2 (509 words)

	American Studies @ The University of Virginia
		The Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives' impressive collection on Jewish pioneers and their contributions to the Southwest United States.
		The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international center for Holocaust remembrance and the defense of human rights and the Jewish people.
		Wolf Lewkowicz Collection -- Yiddish letters (with English translations) written by a Polish Jew to his 11-year-old American nephew from 1922 to 1939.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~YP/jewish.html (209 words)

	Source list for Zionist. Very Educational [Archive] - Stormfront White Nationalist Community
		This page 'is part' of the List of Jewish Americans series.
		This is a list of Jewish American political figures.
		He vehemently proclaimed that there are not that many Jewish people in power positions.
	www.stormfront.org /archive/t-172319Source_list_for_Zionist._Very_Educational.html (584 words)

	List of Jewish Americans
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	www.logicjungle.com /wiki/List_of_Jewish_Americans (332 words)

	National Museum of American Jewish History Guestbook
		Though minuscule in number, the Jewish contribution in colonial America participated in the defence of their community and were an integral part of the "making of America" and the creating of the American dream.
		As a teacher of American Jewish History in the South, your timeline has been extremely valuable to students especially in an area of the United States where people huddle around their congregation to learn.
		But Jewish history is amazing and extremely interesting as I have been exploring your web site for a class project on the American Jewish history and future.
	www.nmajh.org /guests98.htm (13643 words)

	Lawmakers on list of leading Jewish-Americans
		Two senators and two House members landed on this year’s edition of the Forward 50 list of the most influential Jewish Americans.
		Speaker, is that the sirens actually lived on islands of sharp rocks that sank the sailors’ boats or stranded the sailors for eternity.
		And “articulate, with a trademark halo of curly blond locks,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) made the list for bursting onto the national scene during the Terri Schiavo controversy.
	www.thehill.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/UndertheDome/111505.html (1058 words)

	The most complete list of Jewish websites : Cultures and Groups
		The National Foundation for Jewish Culture is the leading advocate for Jewish cultural creativity and preservation in America.
		The NFJC's national and international conferences, partnerships with local communities and institutions, and sponsorships of annual grants and awards in the arts and humanities bring the best of Jewish culture to the Jewish community and the American public.
		Website of the large Jewish Communities of the Netherlands.
	www.jewishlist.com /Cultures_and_Groups/index.html (195 words)

	Category:Jewish Americans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For more information, see the article about Jewish Americans.
		Americans of Jewish ethnicity/descent, or adherents of Judaism.
		There are 14 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Jewish_Americans (104 words)

	Manuscripts Division Subject Index; University of Utah
		Ms 224 - Jewish Archives Chapter, Utah Society of Daughters of American Colonists Records
		Accn 1293 - Institute of the North American West Recordsu
		Accn 1526 - Daughters of the American Revolution, Princess Timpanogas Chapter Records
	www.lib.utah.edu /spc/mss/subject.html (4412 words)

	Arab American and American Jews Agree on Path to Peace
		Jewish Americans and Arab Americans both voiced strong support for the Road Map to Middle East peace as laid out by the Bush Administration.
		The Jewish American poll was commissioned by Americans for Peace Now and included 503 randomly selected respondents representing a cross-section of the American Jewish community.
		Among Jewish Americans, 82% either strongly or somewhat agree with the notion of such a state.
	www.palestine-pmc.com /details.asp?cat=4&id=390 (4412 words)

	The Jewish Post - News - Arab-Americans: Do They Pray for Israel's Destruction as a Jewish State?
		While 50.4% of Arab Americans agreed that a majority of Jewish Americans think that Palestinians have a right to live in a secure and independent state of their own, the actual level of Jewish American support for this position is 85.5%.
		Among Jewish Americans, on the other hand, just 3 8.3% said that the Administration was leaning towards Israel and 30% thought it was steering a middle course.
		At the same time, only 33.8% of Jewish Americans agree and 40.7% disagree that a majority of Arab Americans think that Israelis have a right to live in a secure and independent state of their own, even though 95.4% of Arab Americans hold this view." Dr.
	www.jewishpost.com /jp1003/jpn1003b.htm (4412 words)

	Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
		Among Jewish Americans, 71.6% said they would be more likely to support a candidate who thinks the U.S. should be actively engaged in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, 8.5% would be less likely to support such a candidate, 16.7% said it would make no difference, and 3.1% said they were not sure.
		Among Jewish Americans, 50.2% said they were more likely to back the initiative, 22.4% said they were less likely, 16.7% said the description made no difference, and 10.7% said they were not sure.
		Among Jewish Americans, just 21.9% gave the President a positive review (4.2% said excellent and 17.7% said good), while 76% rated his performance as negative (37.9% said fair and 38.1% said poor) and 2.2% were not sure.
	www.btvshalom.org /geneva/APNpoll2.shtml (4412 words)

	multicultural_education
		Jewish Americans : History Bibliography for Children and Young Adults
		Community Change - Jewish Americans; Three Generations in a Jewish Community
		Hmong Americans, War, Freedom, Immigration, Southeast Asia - For centuries, needlework has been part of Hmong culture.
	www.emtech.net /multicultural_education.html (4412 words)

	AAI's Must Read News: Finding Common Ground for Peace in the Middle East
		Fortunately, a new poll commissioned by the Arab American Institute and Americans for Peace Now sheds some much-needed light on Arab-American and Jewish-American opinion, revealing two sides that are more moderate and closer to each other in their thinking than some would have believed.
		If there is to be peace in the Middle East, American decision-makers must recognize that there is a constituency for it among Arab-Americans and Jewish-Americans.
		Our two communities also agree about whom they generally blame for the breakdown of the Middle East peace process, with 42 percent of Jewish Americans and 50 percent of Arab Americans blaming both sides.
	www.aaiusa.org /news/must_read11_22_02.htm (4412 words)

	Senator Clinton Announces Support For Legislation To Honor Forgotten Jewish War Heroes
		Jewish Americans make up about 3 percent of the military population, but comprise less than 1 percent of Medal of Honor recipients.
		According to the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, of the 3,455 Medals of Honor that have been awarded, only 13 have gone to Jewish Americans.
		" Jewish Americans who served their country, like all veterans, should be justly honored for their acts of courage and valor.
	clinton.senate.gov /news/2001/08/2001814917.html (4412 words)

	Black Dutch Genealogy - Tracing your Black Dutch, Native American Ancestors
		Black Dutch has also been associated with the term Gypsy throughout the years, and while some genealogists cling to the premise that this does not denote potential Jewish ancestry, these researchers are usually are ignoring the actual family stories behind such claims.
		Other groups associated with the name Black Dutch are the Melugeons which are usually perceived to be people of mixed blood Indian ancestry that had married either former slaves and Portuguese/Jewish emigrants whom came to America early on to escape discrimination in Europe.
		People often forget that many Jewish families came to this country in Colonial times very early on, and more often than not their names were changed into a more European sounding name to blend in as a means to disguise their Jewish origin.
	www.comanchelodge.com /black-dutch.html (2255 words)

	AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE, JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT ABOUT ELLIS ISLAND EXHIBIT
		Jewish community groups, especially the American Jewish Committee, were among the first and most vocal outside the Japanese American community calling for the U.S. government to offer an apology and monetary redress for its treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
		The story is one of betrayal; betrayal of Japanese Americans, who were deprived of protections that all Americans deserve; and betrayal of the American soul, which is defined by its unique commitment to human rights.
		In 1988, Congress and President Reagan passed legislation that formally granted the redress and apology to Japanese Americans who were incarcerated.
	www.janm.org /about/press/accstat.htm (574 words)

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