Yes, because it is a symbol of Patriotism, rather than of religion.
An important point here is that, instead of the plots, schemes, control and conspiracies often attributed to "the Jews", it has been a Jewish principle throughout the exile that Jews are faithful to whatever country they find themselves in, and the laws of the local government are the Jews' laws (with the exception that if a state passes laws against its Jewish population - i.e. like the Nazis or Czarist Russia, Jews need not follow THOSE laws). So the Jewish community does indeed, without reservation, promise fidelity to its state, or in other words, "... pledge allegiance ... to the republic ...". In the US case especially, Jews are very proud to be US citizens since the see the United States as the first country to have guaranteed Jews equal citizenship regardless of the fact that they were not the dominant state religion.
There is no Australian pledge of Allegiance. Children do not recite any such pledge in school.
School children first recited the pledge of allegiance in 1892.
1955
October 1892
yes
The children were trained to recite the pledge of allegiance in unison
They're called "Jews" not "Hebrews," and yes, American Jews do say the pledge of allegiance, unless it's against their political views. Jews who are citizens of other countries have no reason to pledge their allegiance to the flag of the USA.
active citizenship
The children were trained to recite the pledge of allegiance in unison.
the pledge of allegiance is recited by Christians and Jews in the U.S., most Muslims living in the U.S. probably say it too, although there is no separation of church and state in the Islamic religion, so possibly devout Muslims don't, but a majority of the U.S. does
Not in the public schools of Oakland, CA!
They do not have to, but it shows your respect for those who fought for this nation