“It’s working hard, and being used to not blindly accepting thinking from the dominant surrounding culture. And God’s specific blessing.”
Except every November when they (or at least 70% of them) go into the voting booth and pull the leftist lever that better assures their future demise. [FYI, I’m one of the 30% who does it correctly.]
God makes sure that Jews can’t forget being Jewish by making sure they are out of step with a culture that would otherwise absorb them.
The more religious, the more conservative because being religious is the acknowledgment of forever not belonging to the broader culture