American Jews in Israel favor McCain

Recent exit polls of American Jews in Israel show that McCain is favored over Obama by 3 to 1. The results are skewed to religious Jews with a definite pattern of religious voters favoring McCain. While some might consider this unbalanced you would find that there is more support and concern for Israel among religious Jews than liberal or secular Jews. Liberal Jews tend not to visit Israel or spend much time there. At this summer's CAJE conference Joel Grishaver admitted that liberal Jewish programs at teaching love of Israel had failed over the last 30 years and that Jews coming out of these programs were indifferent towards Israel. He also stated that the best solution for this problem was simply for young Jews to visit Israel and visit as often as possible.