What were Lyndon B. Johnson's views on Israel?

LBJ was a good friend of the Jewish people and a strong supporter of Israel. read more

One: Lyndon Johnson, International Relations, and Israel Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in Texas, in 1908, the son of a strong-willed mother and a father whose political career had ended in failure. He was educated at Southwest Texas State Teachers College and worked briefly as a public school teacher, but his main interest was politics. read more

According to Jewish law, if a person’s mother is Jewish, then that person is automatically Jewish, regardless of the father’s ethnicity or religion. The facts indicate that both of Lyndon Johnson’s great-grandparents, on the maternal side, were Jewish. read more