The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or the Iran deal, negotiated between the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia, and Iran has proven itself to be one of the most divisive issues to
impact the American Jewish community in recent history. And while there is no shortage of opinion about the relative merits of the agreement,
something else has taken place which may have a profound and damaging impact on the American Jewish community long after the Agreement has slipped off the front page.
Soon after its announcement, the deal was met with strong and vocal opposition from the Anti-Defamation League, AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), The Israel Project, the Jewish Federations of North America, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the World Jewish Congress, the Zionist Organization of America, and other Jewish groups throughout the United States, including the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles.
From the volume and tenor of the condemnation, one could easily assume that the American Jewish community overwhelmingly opposed the deal. That is, until someone finally asked them. Our friends at the Jewish Journal commissioned a nationwide opinion survey, the results of which
The Day After
...Now What?
My Opinion Jonathan Strum