The Jewish Policy Center, founded in 1985 and located in

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is a 501c(3) non-profit think tank providing perspectives and analysis by leading scholars and academics on fields such as "American defense capability, U.S.-Israel relations", and "advocates for small government, low taxes, free trade, fiscal responsibility, energy security, as well as free speech and intellectual diversity". According to Matthew Brooks, Executive Director of both the Jewish Policy Center and the

Republican Jewish Coalition The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), formerly the National Jewish Coalition, founded in 1985, is a political group in the United States that supports Jewish Republicans. The organization has more than 47 chapters throughout the United States. ...

, the Policy Center is nonpartisan and focuses solely on issues, both foreign and domestic. Center fellows include

Norman Podhoretz Norman Podhoretz (; born January 16, 1930) is an American magazine editor, writer, and conservative political commentator, who identifies his views as " paleo-neoconservative".

Michael Medved Michael Saul Medved (born October 3, 1948) is an American radio show host, author, political commentator, and film critic. His talk show, ''The Michael Medved Show'', is syndicated from his home station KTTH in Seattle. It is syndicated via Gen ...

and

Ruth Wisse Ruth Wisse (surname pronounced ) (Yiddish: רות װײַס; Roskies; born May 13, 1936) is a Canadian academic and is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University ''emerita''. ...

. The Center has sponsored many forums around the country billed as "Liberal Roots, Conservative Solutions". It has lobbied for

school voucher A school voucher, also called an education voucher in a voucher system, is a certificate of government funding for students at schools chosen by themselves or their parents. Funding is usually for a particular year, term, or semester. In some cou ...

s, supported the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and worked to draw attention to

antisemitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

on American college campuses.A New Anti-Semitism Takes Root on American campuses
, Jewish Exponent, September 13, 2007

References

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External links

Official website

Jewish Policy Center on the C-SPAN Network
Jewish-American political organizations