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I worked for the American division of an Israeli company. Most of the top positions where staffed by Israeli/American citizens. They were wealthy, smart and extremely liberal. They all had substantial connections to academia; some of them at high levels and with big name universities. I attended a lot of parties and the subject was always politics. (I felt like a Republican chew toy as they always sought me out to complain about GWB and how stupid he was.)

Here’s my takeaway. They were liberals first and foremost and Jews second. I suspect the majority of them will vote Democrat even if the Democrats advocate policies that, if adopted, would mean the end of the state of Israel. Yes, that is crazy. But they seemed so liberal that they were disconnected from the reality of everything else.

I once had a long conversation with a guy whose name a lot of Freepers would recognize. He was a prominent Soviet who was world-renowned in his expertise and defected to the U.S. years ago. He was never known as a political figure but had some remarkable insights on the Soviet political system.

He was Jewish, and I was surprised at the borderline contempt he had for Jews in Eastern Europe in the 1930s. He said they never used the term "Holocaust" in his circle of Jewish friends in the Soviet Union. He had a hard time finding the right English words to get his point across, but he said the general feeling at the time (this would have been the 1980s) is that they looked on German Jews as complicit players in the rise of fascism, not victims. His one point really hit home with me. He said something to this effect: "They replaced their worship of God with the worship of the State, and then acted surprised when that State turned and came for them."

No offense to any Jewish Freepers out there, but I'd say this guy's sentiment applies to most American Jews -- perfectly.

I left he state in 1980....

Problem is they move and still vote for democrats

There will only be a few red states in ten years...