Posted on 06/05/2010 3:57:14 PM PDT by US Navy Vet
A Book Review By DICK MORRIS of Why Are Jews Liberals? By Norman Podhoretz
It is the question that sooner or later baffles every political pundit, consultant, expert, or observer. Why do American Jews persist in their adoration of the Democratic Party? Why, like an abused spouse, do they tolerate Israel-bashing, support for the Palestinians and Democratic softness on terrorism and still return for more? As the richest demographic group in our population, why do they still vote for Obama and donate money to him when he specifically proposes to raise the taxes on those making more than $200,000 per year?
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Guilt and shame at their own success.
So I guess that it is kind of the Stockholm/Battered Wife Syndrome after all.
They are all investors in the makers of Zyklon-D, and they think that it will never be used on them.
As Woody Allen once said, “Of course she steals from us. She is coloured. She lives in Harlem. She has a right to steal from us”
Seems to sum up the Democratic sentiment to me.
The Ultimate Conundrum.
I have many friends of the Jewish faith and most live in Miami. Without exception, all are flaming liberals, and most self professed socialists. Some things are not meant to be understood.
Wrong question. Jews are not liberals. They are liberals who happen to be Jews. When you are a liberal, you are nothing else but a liberal.
I am reading the works of Josephus. It seems to go back long ago, when the Jews made peace with the Romans.
The Romans did not find the Jews unbearable and they were controllable by giving them things and security under their rule, as long as they did not go against Roman authority.
Many of the Rabbis were very cozy with the Roman Authority, and were given very Prestigious status. Don't rock the boat.
For those that did, well, they had to die. Easier for the Jews to go along to get along. Take the path of least resistance, and things have not changed very much.
Pray for Israel
Its actually a very good review and the reasoning makes sense. But (being Jewish too), the part that shocks me is that my fellow Jews have not been more able to more quickly recognize the obvious. They can adapt in almost every other intellectual dimension, but not political ideology for some reason.
“Book Review: Why are Jews Liberals?”
Because Liberalism has become their God.
RE: “I have many friends of the Jewish faith and most live in Miami. Without exception, all are flaming liberals, and most self professed socialists. Some things are not meant to be understood.”
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I have a matched set of your friends out here in Los Angeles — all I can figure out is that they are self-hating Jews — some claim they don’t care a bit about Israel and others have just always voted Democrat. Nowadays, that means far to the left.
Sick.
There were some Jews who collaberated with the Nazis as well. As there are Christian-born who turn against Christ. They are called “Democrats”. Think of it like an evil virus...
I have a few Jewish friends from Pharmacy School and they are totally LIBERAL except when it comes to the own lives where they are as traditional as anybody on this forum.
They all say the same thing about giving back to the unfortunate. To which I say: give to a charity the money is used far wiser.
Sick.
Yep, masochists.
Because Barbara Streisand can sing?
I would look much deeper within Jewish culture itself to find the roots of its idealism in its messianic tradition.
Most Christians only know of Jesus as a figure in Jewish messianic traditions. But there have been several others since then. Most notably Shabbatai Zevi, in the 17th Century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbetai_%E1%BA%92evi
In short, he persuaded almost the entirety of European Jewry that he was the messiah (by the Jewish description of an Earthly king of the Jews, not the Christian one). Then he made the mistake of traveling to the Ottoman Empire, to convert the remaining Jews. The Sultan grabbed him, and made him convert to Islam in exchange for sparing his life.
This was an enormous embarrassment to the Jews, but clearly showed how susceptible they were to Earthly idealism—perfection on Earth, led by a messiah figure. The European Christians were also unnerved by this, because it showed how integrated the Jews had become with the financial mechanisms of Europe.
But this attraction to messiahs and idealism is why so many Jews are attracted to idealistic philosophies, like Marxism, because in it they see the possibility of Earthly paradise.
Remember that Judaism is not big on the idea of an afterlife, instead seeing rewards as Earthly things. So why not be attracted to promises of turning Earth again into the Garden of Eden?
Both socialism and Marxism promise idealistic perfection all the time. Often it was referred to as “The New Jerusalem”, by religious idealists. This was the big attraction of JFKs “Camelot”, as well.
Likewise Jews are very attracted to the cult of personality, with the idea of messiah adoration. They were infatuated with JFK, MLK, and hoped ever so much that Obama would be “the one”.
The parallel I am seeing from Josephus to today, Obama is Herod. Herod as you know also rose to a power position while not really being entitled to it. Usurper.
Yeah, she's hot too.
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