Latino-Jewish Relations

(Spring 2001)

How would you describe the relationship today between Hispanics and Jews in the United States today? Would you say the relationship is:

	Latino Response	Jewish Response
Excellent	1.5%	1.8%
Good	29.0%	34.1%
Fair	44.6%	39.6%
Poor	8.7%	6.8%
Not Sure	16.1%	17.7%

Do you think there is anti-Semitism in the Latino community?

	Latino Response	Jewish Response
Yes	35.3%	30.5%
No	42.9%	26.5%
Not Sure	21.8%	43.0%

Do you think there is anti-Latino sentiment in the Jewish community?

	Latino Response	Jewish Response
Yes	36.1%	20.3%
No	35.1%	53.3%
Not Sure	28.8%	25.9%

How important is it for Hispanics and Jews to work together in order to strengthen the laws to prevent discrimination?

	Latino Response	Jewish Response
Very Important	72.5%	76.5%
Somewhat Important	15.7%	12.0%
Neither Important nor Unimportant	5.6%	3.2%
Somewhat Unimportant	1.4%	2.4%
Very Unimportant	0.8%	1.2%
Not Sure	4.0%	4.8%

Did the Catholic Church during the Holocaust do too much, enough, or not enough for Jews?

On a scale of 1-5, how would you rank your support of President Bush's faith based initiatives? A '5' means strongly support and a '1' means do not support at all.

Do you agree or disagree that there is a need for affirmative action? Would you say you strongly agree, somewhat agree, neither agree nor disagree, somewhat disagree or strongly disagree that there is a need for affirmative action?

	Latino Response	Jewish Response
Strongly Agree	39.1%	28.3%
Somewhat Agree	32.5%	26.5%
Neither Agree nor Disagree	7.5%	11.2%
Somewhat Disagree	7.5%	12.7%
Strongly Disagree	6.3%	9.6%
Not Sure	6.3%	11.3%

Would you say that the United States foreign policy is too supportive of the State of Israel, not supportive enough, or has the right level of support for the state of Israel?

	Latino Response	Jewish Response
Too Supportive	20.6%	8.2%
The Right Level of Support	43.2%	50.8%
Not Supportive Enough	17.7%	30.1%
Not Sure	18.5%	11.0%

Would you say that United States foreign policy is too supportive of Latin American countries, not supportive enough, or has the right level of support for Latin American countries?

	Latino Response	Jewish Response
Too Supportive	10.5%	7.0%
The Right Level of Support	33.5%	37.6%
Not Supportive Enough	42.7%	32.1%
Not Sure	13.3%	23.3%

Do you think that our schools teach our children too much, not enough, or the right amount about the Holocaust?

	Latino Repsonse	Jewish Response
Too Much	1.4%	2.0%
Not Enough	65.9%	55.0%
The Right Amount	19.8%	20.3%
Not Sure	12.9%	22.7%