The Jew in American Politics

392 Pages·1969·42.573 MB·English

by  Nathaniel Weyl

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NATHANIEL WEYL
This book explores with rare insight the
paradoxical role of American Jewry in the
political life of the nation. Nathaniel Weyl,
long a student of differential group behavior,
does not share the common fear of being
called "controversial." He follows whatever
path is indicated by the evidence and by the
application of logical analysis to this evi-
dence.
The Jew in American Politics does not
claim to have all the answers. But the an-
swers presented in these pages are addressed
to precisely the key questions.
Is the Jewish self-image as a downtrodden
and underdog group a fact or a myth? What
is the actual extent of Jewish representation
in the American intellectual, social, political
and economic power structures? Why are
Jews generally liberal-to-radical in their poli-
tical stance even though they have more to
lose than other groups from a radical trans-
formation of the American system?*
Is anti-Semitism an upper-class and con-
servative attitude or is it primarily a violent
expression of resentment by the ignorant, the
unsuccessful and the discontented? Which
societies have provided more opportunity and
justice for national, racial and religious
minorities: free enterprise systems or socialist
ones
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The Jew In American Politics
I am indebted to David I. Lichtman
for research assistance and to Mrs.
Genevieve Linebarger, Professor
William A. Marina, Theodore Lit
and my beloved wife, Sylvia Castle-
ton Weyl, for invaluable aid in edit-
ing the manuscript.
THE JEW
IN
AMERICAN
POLITICS
BY
NATHANIEL WEYL
ARLINGTON HOUSE • New Rochelle, N. Y.
©
Copyright 1968 by Arlington House, New Rochelle, New
York.
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced
without written permission from the publisher, except by a re-
viewer who may quote brief passages in connection with a
review.
Library of Congress Catalog CardNumber68-13314
MANUFACTUREDIN THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICA
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wish to express gratitude to the following for having given
me permission to quote from published works: Doubleday and
Company, Inc., The Hero, by Kenneth S. Davis and The Amer-
ican Dissent, by Jeffrey Hart; Dr. Ives Hendrick, Statesmen of
the Lost Cause, by Burton Hendrick, published by Little,
J.
Brown & Company; Princeton University Press, The Structure
of Spanish History, by Americo Castro (translated by Edmund
L. King, copyright 1954 by Princeton University Press); Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, Inc., The Legend of Henry Ford, by
Keith Sward; the Macmillan Company, The Quest for the
Dream, by John P. Roche (copyright by Anti-Defamation
League of B nai B'rith, 1963); Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.,
Dynamics of Prejudice, by Bruno Bettelheim and Morris Jano-
witz; Sheed and Ward, Inc., A Jew in Christian America, by
Rabbi Arthur Gilbert; Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., From Lenin
to Khrushchev, by Hugh Seton-Watson; World Publishing
Company, A Little Girl Is Dead, by Harry Golden; the Amer-
ican Jewish Year Book, numerous items; New York Times Mag-
azine, November 29, 1964 (copyright 1964 by The New York
Times Company), "The Negro Is Prejudiced Against Himself,"
by Eric Hoffer; National Review, 150 East 35 St., New York,
N.Y. 10016, "A Little Known Chapter in American History,"
by Max Geltman, October 5, 1965; Commentary, "An Anatomy
of the Klan," by Seymour Martin Lipset, October 1965; Good
Housekeeping, "Why Did They Do It?/' by William Peters,
June 1962; and Harvard Business Review, "The Ethnics of Ex-
ecutive Selection/' by Lewis B. Ward, March-April 1965.