Résumé:
Abstract
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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.