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  • Published: 15 November 2010
  • ISBN: 9780307456250
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $39.99

Why Are Jews Liberals?



From the bestselling author of World War IV and one of the most forceful and prominent figures in American intellectual life, a fascinating examination of a central question in American politics and culture. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. VINTAGE

From the bestselling author of World War IV, a brilliant investigation of a central question in American politics and culture.

During his career as a neoconservative thinker, Norman Podhoretz has been asked no question more often than “Why are so many Jews liberals?” In this provocative book he sets out to solve this puzzle. He first offers a fascinating account of anti-Semitism in the West to show the historical roots of Jewish mistrust of the right. But, Podhoretz argues, since the Six Day War of 1967 Jewish allegiance to the left no longer makes sense, and yet most Jews continue supporting the Democratic Party and the liberal agenda. Reviewing the history of Jewish political attitudes and examining the available evidence, Podhoretz argues against the conventional explanations for Jewish liberalism—finally proposing his own.

  • Published: 15 November 2010
  • ISBN: 9780307456250
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $39.99

About the author

Norman Podhoretz

Norman Podhoretz, who was the editor in chief of Commentary for thirty-five years, is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Making It, Breaking Ranks, Ex-Friends, My Love Affair with America, The Prophets, and World War IV. He holds the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

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Praise for Why Are Jews Liberals?

"Why are Jews liberals? God only knows. But Norman Podhoretz offers as lively and convincing an explanation as we're likely to get from a merely human source. I particularly liked his comparison of today's Jewish liberals to the Church Father Tertullian--one likely to offend both liberals and Tertullianites!" --William Kristol, editor, Weekly Standard