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category: U.S. Government
summary: The Democratic Party is one of the two major American political parties,
  whose presidential campaigns from 1960 onward were substantially funded by Abraham
  Feinberg - the most important Jewish fundraiser for the party - in exchange for
  continued Democratic support for Israel.
tags:
- Organization
- Political Party
- USA
---

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the [United States](/places/united-states/). [Abraham Feinberg](/people/abraham-feinberg/) was perhaps the most important Jewish fundraiser for the Democratic Party by the presidential campaign of 1960, with the dollars he collected meant to ensure continued Democratic Party support for [Israel](/places/israel/).[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 8.