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American Jews are becoming more conservative
American Thinker ^ | 02/01/2017 | Avrohom Gordimer

Posted on 02/01/2017 12:09:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Steve Feinstein’s recent article, “Why American Jews Are Overwhelmingly Liberal,” omitted a crucial part of the story: its conclusion.  While I do not take issue with the article’s facts, the truth is that a wave of conservatism, based on religious values, has been deeply cultivated and is robustly emerging on a major scale in the most vibrant and enduring segments of American Jewry.

Studies have demonstrated that America’s secular and mostly liberal Jewish population is shrinking and disappearing, as a result of intermarriage and abandonment of Jewish identity and tradition.  Liberal Jewish congregations are dwindling and shutting down, and even seeking non-Jews to join, as there are no longer enough Jews to fill these emptying houses of worship.  The same is true with liberal Jewish schools and organizations.

In contrast, the American Orthodox Jewish population is growing, and it is projected that this population, which is politically conservative and which strives to live by biblical values, has strong family units, and adheres to a traditional way of life, will replace the liberal Jewish communities.

The most notable impact on American society of this seismic change will be in the political arena, as Orthodox Jews predominantly vote Republican.  Other changes will be seen as well, especially in the areas of support for traditional family values, as Orthodox Jews are pro-life, oppose gay marriage, and support school choice.  And on a more recent note, much of the greatest Jewish support for the appointment of Steve Bannon came from the Orthodox Jewish media.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: conservatism; jews
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To: dhs12345
The ME in my post describes a hard line Calvinist, me. The fellow Freepers that I met that day gave me hope that America is not entirely insane.
41 posted on 02/01/2017 12:47:31 PM PST by Little Bill (o)
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To: dhs12345

Ha Ha Ha. I see what you did there


42 posted on 02/01/2017 12:48:22 PM PST by McGavin999
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t know about being conservative but their Democratic political allies are plotting a holocaust part deux.


43 posted on 02/01/2017 12:48:30 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: SeekAndFind

This is happening to an extent in the Protestant Christian world as well. The liberals don’t reproduce and there’s little in the way of belief or principle to hold them there. The conservatives do reproduce and do believe.


44 posted on 02/01/2017 12:48:38 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: dp0622; All

>>Probably because the loudest ones in hollywood are heard instead of some of the great conservative writers.

On that, if you’re not reading Daniel Greenfield and his Sultan Knish blog, you’re messing up. Highly recommended.


45 posted on 02/01/2017 12:50:38 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

about time they did...


46 posted on 02/01/2017 12:51:11 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Uncle Miltie
Thanks. Wow. That's really stunning. Although I am not Jewish, I have many Jewish friends, and most of them are Reform Jews. While I've noticed that the Bar/Bat Mitzvahs I've attended didn't put much emphasis on God, I think even in NYC and the NYC suburbs, where I live, it would have shocked people if the Bar/Bat Mitzvah boy/girl had disavowed God from the Bimah. (Did I write that correctly?) Aside from being appalled as a believer in God, I think allowing that was a mistake from a marketing perspective. At this point, the only group of American Jews that is growing is Orthodox Jews. Non-Orthodox Jews are intermarrying at a rate of over 50%. Even assuming that all non-Orthodox Jews now acknowledge the children of Jewish mothers OR fathers to be Jewish; and even assuming that all intermarried couples are raising their children Jewish; only one in four children of intermarried couples identifies himself or herself as Jewish. So...if belief in God is now optional for Jews — however one defines being Jewish — that's one less reason for someone to remain Jewish.

Oy vai!

47 posted on 02/01/2017 12:55:12 PM PST by utahagen
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To: Harpotoo

The sad thing about that also is that the Jews in Germany made excuses for the laws that the Nazis were passing against the Jews...

Just like they are doing for the moslems evil treatment...

History is repeating itself...


48 posted on 02/01/2017 12:55:22 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: SeekAndFind

No they’re not.


49 posted on 02/01/2017 12:55:40 PM PST by Ted Grant
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To: McGavin999

“The one thing the limbs keep forgetting as they worship abortion, the are not replacing themselves”

That’s why they need illegal alien voters.

Also why NAMBLA recruits.

Most womyn seem comfortable with turkey basters and/or anonymous/non-existent fathers.


50 posted on 02/01/2017 12:55:49 PM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Uncle Miltie
"When you no longer believe in G-d, please stop calling yourself “Jewish”."

I would go one further: Please stop calling yourself human. That anyone would applaud such a stance in synagogue is pure evil.

51 posted on 02/01/2017 12:56:09 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t even understand why we are talking about this. Obviously, we have set fire to every jew, and every black we have ever known. We have destroyed them, and they can’t even get a decent food stamp or tax exemption. Or, like Anthony Weiner, a plea bargain for molesting 15 year olds.


52 posted on 02/01/2017 12:57:12 PM PST by blackbetty59
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To: McGavin999

The efforts of our betters have been somewhat successful. And without a strong foundation in faith, there are many “distractions” that will take its place.

Marx’s point that (paraphrasing) “religion is the opiate of the masses” reflected his belief that authoritarian governments like Communism are in direct competition with religion and faith (for the hearts and minds) and it is necessary to destroy religious faith to succeed.


53 posted on 02/01/2017 12:58:28 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: kabar
New Square Endorses Hillary Clinton

Yeah, the Orthodox are conservative.

I better hike the cuffs of my pants up -- the bullsh!t is really deep around here on this one.

54 posted on 02/01/2017 1:03:42 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: SeekAndFind

Not a chance......look at S Florida. Palm and Broward counties have more libscum than the whole country combined


55 posted on 02/01/2017 1:04:33 PM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: Senator Goldwater

The conservatives in the US were a small minority becoming a majority over literally generations.


56 posted on 02/01/2017 1:04:37 PM PST by tbw2
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To: samtheman
Someone had to pry them away from socialism. Obama-Kerry finally did it.

See my tag line ( "Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it" ).

What has been happening is that Black Lives Matter and the Muslim faction of the Dem party is making it increasingly clear that Jews will be ousted from positions of power in the Left. This produces an adjustment in viewpoint.

57 posted on 02/01/2017 1:06:18 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: SeekAndFind
IT'S ABOUT TIME!
58 posted on 02/01/2017 1:24:29 PM PST by Savage Beast ("Trump is quite literally turning over the tables of the money changers at the temple." ~Eddie01)
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To: utahagen

For those of you still following the conversation, I also had the displeasure of attending a Purim Festival at a Reformed Synagogue in Seattle in about 2000 in which the evil guy “Haman” in the Book of Esther was fully replaced in each and every case by:

“BUSH”!


59 posted on 02/01/2017 1:38:25 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Wow. There must having been people there (in addition to you) who were offended by this...?


60 posted on 02/01/2017 1:57:54 PM PST by utahagen
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