Most Jewish Americans are descendants of immigrants from Russia and surrounding areas. Socialist revolutionaries prostelatized to minority groups like Jews in the run up to the Russian revolution. They told Jews that Socialism would eliminate antisemitism and all forms of prejudice. A lot of Jews embraced this idealistic vision.
When they came to America, they settled in big cities with other minorities. Since Jews were used to being persecuted, they were hopeful that if all these urban minorities stuck together, they could protect themselves from the WASP majority, who were prominent in rural areas of the country. And it was in rural areas of the Old Country where the ancestors of these Jewish Americans were persecuted.
So the affinity that some Jews feel for Socialism is based on a mix of urban prejudice toward flyover country, and an idealistic desire to bond with other minorities.
But by now, most religious Jews have figured out that Socialism is the enemy of Judeo-Christian principals.
“Most Jewish Americans are descendants of immigrants from Russia and surrounding areas. Socialist revolutionaries prostelatized to minority groups like Jews in the run up to the Russian revolution. They told Jews that Socialism would eliminate antisemitism and all forms of prejudice. A lot of Jews embraced this idealistic vision.”
Fantasy time. My grandmother lived in Russia. They called the townspeople together (Jews) and then machine gunned them down. My grandmother lay under dead bodies for hours until she could escape.She never saw her family again. I don’t know where you got this fairy tale, but worse, you believe it.