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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningJames ZogbyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchJames (Jim) J. Zogby, PhD, is the founder and president of the Washington, D.C.-based Arab American Institute, which conducts policy research and engages in political advocacy for the Arab American community. In 2001, Zogby was elected to the Executive Committee of the United States Democratic National Committee (DNC).Zogby is also a senior analyst with the polling firm Zogby International, founded and managed by his brother John Zogby, and is a prominent lecturer and scholar on Middle East issues.Contents1 Education and early career2 Tapped by Vice-President Gore3 Writing and advocacy4 Criticism5 Quotes6 External links[edit]Education and early careerAfter receiving a bachelors degree from Le Moyne College, Zogby earned his PhD in religious studies from Temple University, in 1975. In 1976, at Princeton University, he was a National Endowment for the Humanities post-doctoral fellow.During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Zogby was a founding member and leader of the Palestine Human Rights Campaign, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and Save Lebanon, Inc., the latter a private non-profit, humanitarian relief organization which funds health care for Palestinian and Lebanese victims of war, and other social welfare projects in Lebanon.[edit]Tapped by Vice-President GoreAs co-president of Builders for Peace, Zogby promoted US business investment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Then United States Vice President Al Gore tapped Zogby to help lead the effort in 1993, following the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord in Washington. The next year, Zogby led a US delegation to the signing of the agreement in Cairo, Egypt, along with his Builders co-president, former US Congressman Mel Levine.[edit]Writing and advocacySince 1992, Zogby has written a weekly column on American politics for major Arab newspapers,Washington Watch, and authored a number of books, including What Ethnic Americans Really Think and What Arabs Think: Values, Beliefs and Concerns.In 1995, Zogby was elected as co-convener of the National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Council (NDECC). Zogby also serves on the Human Rights Watch Middle East Advisory Committee and on the national advisory boards of the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Forum, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.Zogbys family came to the U.S. from Lebanon. He is married to Eileen Patricia McMahon and is the father of five children.[edit]CriticismZogby has referred to Israelis as Nazis, and calls Israels actions against the Palestine Liberation Organization a Holocaust while expressing support support for terrorist organizations in the Middle East and around the world. The Anti-Defamation League accuses Zogby of crude anti-Semitism in its condemnation of Israel and Jewish-Americans. The Zionist Organization of America says Zogby has a lo
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