The American Jewish Committee has issued its Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion.

The �headline� is a confirmation of trends of the past few months � with support for President Obama slipping such that his approve/disapprove numbers are roughly even.

But here are a few notes about and behind the numbers:

The polling was done in mid-September � and in fact concluded the day President Obama delivered his address to the United Nations General Assembly, which won him praise across the Jewish spectrum for standing with Israel � could this have made a difference in the result?

Ben Smith at Politico has noted the dissatisfaction might not be entirely about Israel (even for Jews, it might be �the economy stupid�) while the Washington Post�s Jennifer Rubin notes that, despite the dissatisfaction, more Jews choose Obama over potential Republican candidates anyway.

We�ve taken a look at the �crosstabs� and find some predictable, but also some interesting, and some important numbers about the denominational differences among the AJC�s respondents.

Predictable:

Orthodox respondents disapprove of �Obama�s handling of his job as President� at a much higher rate: 72%, compared to 48% for Conservative and 44% for Reform.
Many more Orthodox respondents disapprove of Obama�s handing of U.S. relations with Israel: 80%
Orthodox respondents would vote for GOP contenders Romney, Perry, Christie and even (by a small margin) Bachmann over Obama.

Interesting:

Orthodox respondents choose Romney and Christie over Obama at the same rate � 58%, but choose Perry over Obama at only 50% and Bachmann at 39%.

Important:

As the Obama Administration continues to work to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, there is broad consensus across the Jewish community on these points:
A majority are opposed to the establishment of a Palestinian State under current conditions;
There is a solid majority opposed to the re-division of Jerusalem even �in the framework of a permanent peace� accord;
Overwhelmingly, American Jews believe the Palestinians must recognize Israel as a �Jewish State.�

(Source: OU IPA)