> american jews are committed to cultural tolerance because of their belief - one firmly rooted in history - that jews are safe only in a society acceptant of a wide range of attitudes and behaviors, as well as a diversity of religious and ethnic groups. it is this belief, for example, not approval of homosexuality, that leads an overwhelming majority of american jews to endorse "gay rights" and to take a liberal stance on most other so-called "social issues." american jewish journalist charles e. silberman (1985) "a certain people" > most important for the content of immigration reform, the driving force at the core of the movement, reaching back to the 1920s, were jewish organizations long active in opposing racial and ethnic quotas. these included the american jewish congress, the american jewish committee, the anti-defamation league of bnai brith, and the american federation of jews from eastern europe. jewish members of the congress, particularly representatives from new york and chicago, had maintained steady but largely ineffective pressure against the national origins quotas since the 1920s. (hugh davis graham, collision course, 2002, pp 56-57) > in addition to their activism on aboriginal issues, jews were instrumental in leading the crusade against the white australia policy, a series of laws from 1901 to 1973 that restricted non-white immigration to australia.   > jewish involvement in shaping u.s. immigration policy   hap7.pdf
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