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My personal opinion only, but there is an element of the American Jewish belief system that sees themselves and blacks as equally persecuted (Schultz is Jewish). My background is also part Jewish, and I have heard this sentiment voiced not infrequently in one way or another. It really bothers me, in large measure because it's not even close to true, and believing you are part of a persecuted group gives you a certain perceived license to act in ways that are unfair to groups you see as persecuting you. It's actually a form of prejudice. It's also easier to denounce perceived things like ‘white privilege’ if you see yourself as somehow ‘non-white’ - even if your skin color says you are.

Ironically, most of the anti-semitism I've seen in this country has come from the left, the same left that gets most Jewish votes. Social justice is just a phrase, and if all of the self-righteous social justice ‘warriors’ would approach social justice as what you do as an individual to help other individuals - instead of indicting whole groups of people (e.g. Republican voters, deplorables, etc), the nation and the world would be better off.

During the Newark riots in 1967, blacks made a point of targeting Jewish-owned businesses; I can’t imagine why Jewish people would feel any solidarity after that.

For the slow learners, 25 years later the Crown Heights rioters in NYC did the same thing...

Ironically, most of the anti-semitism I've seen in this country has come from the left, the same left that gets most Jewish votes.

Communist/Socialist/Nazi(now Neo Nazis and White Supremacists/Alt Left Democrats) are the political forces that are responsible for 10s of millions of deaths.