As a conservative Jew - from a large liberal Jewish family - here are some insights: There is a hangover in the Jewish community from the bigotry of the earlier part of the 20th century that, according to people like my grandparents, has a vague Republican aroma, such as preventing Jews from going to Ivy League schools, or closing off the country clubs and certain communities to Jews. Second, the association between Jews and blacks during the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s coincided with the Democratic Party's effort to link themselves to the issue. Third, a lot of Jews live in the New York metro area (all of my relatives do, except for my sister and I), and the politics of the area are skewed toward the Democrats from a century of machine politics (Tammany Hall, for instance). Finally, a lot of us are college-educated - which means that those of us who are utopians tend toward elitist, "philosopher-king" ideologies, such as socialism.
I agree with the focus of this article. It is so sad to see the movement of those who want to exterminate the Jews do so with the implicit consent of the American Jews. On the other hand, this isn't the first time in our history where a large portion of the Jewish people have ignored dangers, turned away from tradition, or split into factionalism. God didn't call us a "stiff-necked lot" for no reason.
So is there any hope of them opening their eyes?
The same thing can be said about the blacks in this country. The Democratic party has successfully been able to shift the blame of racisim and anti-semitism from themselves to the Republican party but only with the assistance of the socialist MSM.........
FWIW tho, when I attended a Bush appearance last fall at the Pontiac Silverdome, the "Jews for Bush" crowd were out there in full force the majority of whom were college kids and voting age highschoolers. Boy was that refreshing to see!!!
Insightful post. It matches and supplements what I have been told by other conservative Jews.