It is a curious phenom, the distaste I often sense in jews toward the evangelicals, even as the jews moan about the antisemitism of the religious rightward. Classic psychological projection--the evangelicals are always under quick suspicion for any hint of attitudes that don't alarm when expressed in other sources.
I watch the Ralph Laurens deify, in a kind of resentful admiration, the Anglican blueblood Episcopalians, who barely hide their disdain for Judaism (it interferes with a cozy relationship with Muslims). Yet Ralph (what is his real name, anyway?) Lauren wouldn't deign to dine with a Baptist, lest his tweedy elbows knock against an evangelical Chistian.
I read National Review Online, a socially conservative (mostly) magazine written only by jews and a couple of catholics--if a Baptist ever writes an article, he's treated as exotica. You can tell that they're really trying to be polite and tolerant of these bizarre footwashing snake-handlers, but their nervousness keeps breaking through. What exactly are they so nervous about? Maybe you can fill me in...