ABSTRACT
Today, a diminishing number of American Jews recall the creation of the State of Israel and its war of Independence just three years after the Holocaust and World War II. Moreover, American Jews under the age of 55, the majority of the contemporary American Jewish population, have no real memory of the Six-Day War or the threatening events that led up to it. For at least five decades, perhaps six, these two factors were prime motivators for American Jewish support of Israel. That no longer appears to be the case. Instead, for virtually their entire lifetime, younger American Jews quite probably only know of a powerful Israel – an Israel that continues to occupy disputed territory. This development marks a major change in the nature of American Jewish advocacy for Israel.
