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What Does it Mean to be an American Essay

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What does it mean to be American? Historian Philip Gleason once said, "To be or to become an American, a person did not have to be any particular national, learning languages, religious, or ethnic background. All he had to do was to commit himself to the political ideology centered on the abstract ideals of liberty, equality, and republicanism.

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Check out the results of the poll about whether or not Israeli are happy to be who they are.

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Israelis are happy with life in Israel and most would not consider leaving, a poll conducted by Panels Politics for The Jerusalem Post found Tuesday.

Asked if they're proud to be Israeli, 84 percent of the 501 adults polled responded "Yes" in varying degrees.

Over three-quarters (76%) of respondents said Israel is a good place to live. Asked how satisfied they were with life in Israel on a scale of one to 10, 10 being the most satisfied, the average response was seven.

The majority of Israelis - 69% - said they would not consider emigrating, while 28% would, and 3% did not know. Of those considering leaving, most (63%) said it was because of their economic status. The secondmost common reason was "the danger to democracy," with 10%.

The things that keep Israelis in Israel are family (39%), followed by history (21%) and the Bible (21%). Among haredim, 74% cited the Bible as their reason, whereas most secular Israelis (58%) said family.

The poll also found that Israelis feel secure the country will continue to exist, with 73% saying Israel is an "existing fact," compared to 21% who thought "Israel's existence is in real danger."

At the same time, 63% were concerned to some degree that there will be a war in the short term, and 54% were pessimistic that Israel's security situation would improve in the next decade.

Despite the concern over a future war, a plurality of Israelis polled (27%) felt that the country's most urgent problem is the cost of living and economic gaps. Only 18% were most concerned by the Palestinian wave of terrorism, followed by 15% who said the biggest problem is external security threats such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

Most Israelis (64%) were not concerned about diplomatic isolation or boycotts.

Politicians did not do very well in their voters' eyes, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scoring 4.7, and ministers and MKs in general scoring 4.4 on a scale of one to 10, with one being terrible and 10 being excellent. National-religious people and haredim gave Netanyahu the highest scores, of 6 and 6.1, respectively, whereas secular people ranked Netanyahu at 3.6.

Perhaps that is why, when asked which politician they would most like to join for lunch or a beer, the most popular answer was someone no longer in office, former president Shimon Peres, at 12%. Netanyahu was tied with Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid for second place, with 10%, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett came in third, with 8%.

Among the Israeli politicians and public figures who attracted the fewest number of votes were ministers Yuval Steinitz, Yariv Levin, Ze'ev Elkin, Ofir Akunis, and Uri Ariel.

Just one percent of respondents said they'd like to have lunch with Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi, while Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon doesn't fare much better - two percent said they'd like to dine with him.

The low opinion of politicians may also explain why corruption is the thing that annoys Israelis most about life in the Jewish state, getting 23% of the vote. Next on the list is lack of mutual respect (20%) and economic gaps (14%).

What Israelis like most about their fellow Israelis is their mutual responsibility (44%) followed by being "sahbak," a slang term meaning casual friendliness (18%), and gracious hosts (13%).

The most Israeli foods are, unsurprisingly, falafel (54%) and hummus (18%).

The poll was conducted online on Sunday, among 501 Israelis making up a representative sample of Israelis over age 18, with a margin of error of 4.3%.

Of the respondents, 56% defined themselves as right wing, 28% as centrist, and 16% as left-wing. Jews made up 85% and Arabs 15% of the respondents.

Of Jewish Israelis polled, 19% said they're totally secular, 34% secular with a connection to traditions, 22% traditional, 14% religious and 11% haredi.

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Coming from the rural area is something you should be proud about

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Coming from the rural area is something you should be proud about

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One Jewish Talks what it is to me to be Jewish

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One Jewish Talks what it is to me to be Jewish

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“I am very proud to be Jewish. Being Jewish is so much of what I am,” Sanders said.

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Much has been made of the fact that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) -- in the running to become the first Jewish president of the U.S. -- doesn't speak much about religion.

He said at the CNN Democratic presidential debate on Sunday that just because he doesn't talk about Judaism frequently doesn't mean he's disowning that part of his identity.

"I am very proud to be Jewish. Being Jewish is so much of what I am," Sanders said.

"Look, my father's family was wiped out by Hitler in the Holocaust," he continued. "I know about what crazy and radical and extremist politics mean. I learned that lesson as a tiny, tiny child when my mother would take me shopping and we would see people working in stores who had numbers on their arms because they were in Hitler's concentration camp. I am very proud of being Jewish and that's an essential part of who I am as a human being."

Sanders told The Washington Post in January that he is not involved in organized religion. However, he said he believes in God, which to him "means that all of us are connected, all of life is connected, and that we are all tied together."

At the debate, Sanders told a questioner from the audience that he believes God is relevant, particularly the idea of doing unto others what you would have them do unto you.

"I believe morally and ethically that we do not have a right to turn our backs on children in Flint, Michigan, who are being poisoned or veterans who are sleeping out on the street," Sanders said.

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Much has been made of the fact that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) -- in the running to become the first Jewish president of the U.S. -- doesn't speak much about religion. He said at the CNN Democratic presidential debate on Sunday that just because he doesn't talk about Judaism frequently doesn't mean he's disowning that part of his identity.

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Have you been ever proud to be prude openly? Don't let the society dictate who you should be. Read this article and do try stay who you are and be proud of who you are.

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Today, only 3 percent of North Americans save sex for their wedding night. This comes as no surprise for the sexual revolution has been in full throttle for decades-we are shocked only when someone tells us that he or she is an active part of that 3 percent.

I lost my virginity at 23, after living through my teen years and being called a "prude." Like most people in the Naughties, I did so at the whim of the usual, maverick society. But after three sexual relationships and one virginity down, I (brace yourself) have become one of the 3 percent.This time without the threats of hell or damnation, but with the by-line of self-value, and ceremonial occasion.

At 31, I closed my bedroom door when it came to men, rethinking how to have fulfilling relationships without sex.

Why would I exchange momentarily thrilling escapades for the bane of long-suffering abstinence? Society might chide, suggesting that such idealism could end in sexually-incompatible-tears, nevermind a waste of pelvic floor muscles. But I disagree.

Here are five motivations to keep in mind-reasons why I, and many of my comrades-in-arms, are trying to keep it clean, and savor that moment for when someone is truly willing to commit for life, not just twelve hours:

1. Make the living room become the new hotbed to discover things you used to ignore. Find the lost art in conversation, philosophy even. Swap arousal for vinyl and foreplay for unfamiliar stories. Rewire the brain to go back to the real things of life.

Yes, sex is awesome, but it shouldn't dictate your evening. If your relationship only functions through sex-you already have a problem.

Sex is made for a heart of exclusivity, one focused on serving, not taking from the other.

2. Understand that the ability to say no to pre-marital sex is actually a form of honor, not rejection. Those who want to get their sexual needs met will interpret you saying no to sex as a form of pushing away.

If the man says he needs to have sex with his girlfriend in order to fall in love: Thank him for his honesty, and call the chap a cab. He's not on your page-you're looking for substance and compromise for longevity.

Add a touch of light-hearted fun to this subject too (no hell and damnation statements please). You'll soon find the men who really are interested in you, rather than driven to feed their own desires.

3. Know you will make better decisions about the character, virtue and soul of a person outside of sexual connection. This is the part where liberty returns. You're no longer tied to someone physically, confused by whether you should stay with them or not. The head stays clear, and you fall in love for all the right reasons.

Abstinence is about using the beauty of sex in the right context, not causing harm with unspoken disclaimers.

4. Forgive yourself and others, for when you took advantage of someone in your past, or when someone took you for granted. Carrying this stuff over to new relationships is as helpful as cyanide. Self-sabotage can result in overt sexual activity with men you don't even like.

Forgive yourself by walking through the pain of what you've faced, then make a decision to start afresh once more.

5. Self-Discipline isn't self-denial. Generation Y believes liberty should be reckless, spontaneous, fuss-free. The problem is, most things without a boundary or two are harmful. Miroslav Volf once said that for us to create a world without boundaries would be creating a world of no-thing: Black and white just become gray, shapes and definitions become one blob of nothing / no-thing. When it comes to sex, certain restrictions need apply.

Three percent might sound like a dying trend, but it represents 10 million people. That's down from 11 percent in 1950, when we might have estimated the whole world waited for marriage.

Don't be swayed by the smoke and mirror trends of post-modern culture. They change, but behaviors have had a knock on effect, causing the government to spend millions in preventive measures-chlamydia and teenage pregnancy are costly on the body, as well as the health care system.

As we embrace a future of provocative propaganda and a world filled with instant gratification, did we throw the baby out with the bath water when we ran a free-for-all campaign in the burning loins brigade?

When hook up apps become passé next year, might purity become the new progressive?

Perhaps it just might.

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Today, only 3 percent of North Americans save sex for their wedding night. This comes as no surprise for the sexual revolution has been in full throttle for decades-we are shocked only when someone tells us that he or she is an active part of that 3 percent.