You reminded me of reason number three; however, this is one I'm not able to explain very articulately (although others on this thread have).
This is the concept of Tikkun, or "healing the world," which, as I understand it, is a mitzvah, or spiritual duty, for Jews. It is this (I hope I'm getting this right) that caused socialism and communism to be invented among Ashkenazi Jews hundreds of years ago. It's the idea that all mankind is one huge family that must be re-united under the gaze of their Maker, that this outcome is the highest aspiration of human life on earth, and must be pursued at all costs and against all odds.
This is an explanation I've heard for the long-standing association between collectivist political philosophies and Jewishness.
The fact that hundreds of millions of people have been killed in the name of these theories does not deter, unfortunately. It's a commandment.
That is pretty good post and I got you, I’m not sure how that fits in with the difference between the American Jewish vote, and the Orthodox conservative vote, or the Israeli-dual citizen absentee vote that is clearly decided by what is useful to the foreign country called Israel rather than Tikkun in America.
I used to subscribe to Tikkun magazine by the way, but not for long.
You deny this?
So, are you a henotheist or a polygenist?