All have trouble facing reality and would prefer the fantasy land they've constructed. Liberal Jews are not much different than Liberal Roman Catholics, Liberal Protestants, Liberal Atheists and Liberal Agnostics with respect to realities they refuse to accept.
Liberals of Italian extraction, too me, are the worst.
take for instance that 'Sfachim' Mario Cuomo.
Exactly. Many well-off Liberal Jews can't emotionally accept their own material advantages. So they become pro-terrorist and anti-American/Israeli as a form of self-hatred. (The evil Tony Kushner is one example.)