The Jewish Policy Center, founded in 1985 and located in

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, is a conservative

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non-profit think tank providing perspectives and analysis by 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

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, the Policy Center is nonpartisan and focuses instead 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", but only "because (he's) been one for so long".Michael Medved Michael S. 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 available via Cable ...

and

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

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

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s, supported the 2004 Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and worked to draw attention to

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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 Conservatism in the United States Zionist organizations in the United States Opposition to antisemitism in the United States