The Influence of Jewish Lobbying Minority on American Culture

Abstract

Abstract I This work analytically attempts to show the Jewish influence on the American culture, by giving an overview of the Jewish people from a historical angle, by citing some of their cultural characteristics, as a result of long years of Diaspora which is the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC, when they were exiled to Babylonia, up to the present time. This thesis treats some mechanisms used by the Jewish Lobbying minority on the American culture and society through exploring the most important religious, demographic, and cultural backgrounds of the Jewish minority in the US as “American Jews”. Moreover, this work will briefly demonstrate the main aspects of American traditions and cultures including arts, media and entertainments. Despite the fact that they are few, the American Jewry as a model Diaspora plays a major role in shaping the reality of today’s world. Through showing some facts about the American Jews and their goals, it will reveal the true picture about this population and will prove that these cultural influences have not only reached America but they spread all over the world. This study also tries to explore the different changes this group of people brings to the American identity. This piece of research relied mostly on two methods: the historical and the descriptive method.