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It's Time for American Jews to Say Goodbye to the Democratic Party
Newsweek ^ | 2/17/23 | SHEILA NAZARIAN

Posted on 02/19/2023 3:15:01 PM PST by nickcarraway

American Jews have historically voted for Democrats by large margins—especially Ashkenazi Jews, who make up two-thirds of the U.S. Jewish population. About 70 percent of American Jews are Democrats. Though this tendency began in the early 20th century, it became even more understandable after the Holocaust. After experiencing first hand how right-wing nationalism could result in the murder of millions of their people, many Jews who came to America in the wake of that horrific event couldn't ever imagine voting for a right-wing party, and some have come to associate the Republicans with nationalism and even fascism and Nazism.

But as a Persian Jew, my experience was very different from that of most Ashkenazi Jews. I escaped from Iran with my family when I was six years old; Iranian border guards shot at our vehicle as we fled the country during the Revolution. My parents didn't want me to live in a place where you could be killed if you were a woman who didn't cover her hair or if you criticized your government. We didn't want to have to guard our tongue, afraid that if we said the wrong thing our neighbors would rat on us and government officials would put us in prison... or worse.

Unlike Ashkenazi Jews, when Persian Jews like myself came to the United States, we tended to vote Republican. Post-Revolution, we blamed President Jimmy Carter for the Shah's downfall. In the far-Left progressive rhetoric, we heard echoes of the Ayatollah's utopian Marxism. And in recent years, we were happy to see Republicans oppose the Iran Deal, because we had firsthand experience with the evils of today's Iranian regime. We knew that they intended to develop nuclear weapons and try to wipe out Israel and the western world.

If liberal Ashkenazi Jews think they are

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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1 posted on 02/19/2023 3:15:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

NAZI’s were not right wing.


2 posted on 02/19/2023 3:16:09 PM PST by Fai Mao
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It will never happen. The non religious Jews would never vote republican.


3 posted on 02/19/2023 3:18:01 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater 2024)
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To: Fai Mao
NAZI’s were not right wing.

True. They were socialists as even stated in their party's name, "National Socialist German Workers' Party."

4 posted on 02/19/2023 3:19:34 PM PST by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: Fai Mao

Apparently the guy doesn’t realize that Nazi stands for national socialist German workers party


6 posted on 02/19/2023 3:23:53 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: nickcarraway

Jewish conservative Dennis Prager:

American Jews still think when they go to the polls every year they are voting for Franklin D. Roosevelt.


7 posted on 02/19/2023 3:25:25 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloSinud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Levy78

Even in the suburbs, non religious Jews vote Democrat.


8 posted on 02/19/2023 3:26:09 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater 2024)
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To: nickcarraway

Intermarriage rate of American Jews is something like 70%. A lot of Biden’s gang of Jews have nominally Christian wives and children. Their goal is an Israel in the mold of New York and California. The last thing they want is a more conservative, nationalist America, especially one that espouses the morality of the Jewish Bible that they consciously reject.


9 posted on 02/19/2023 3:28:09 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: frank ballenger
American Jews still think when they go to the polls every year they are voting for Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The president who bravely saved the Jews of the St. Louis, who he helped escape Nazi Germany.

10 posted on 02/19/2023 3:28:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nutmeg

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11 posted on 02/19/2023 3:29:00 PM PST by nutmeg
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12 posted on 02/19/2023 3:29:44 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: nickcarraway

Secular Jews worship socialism as their new golden calf.


13 posted on 02/19/2023 3:30:22 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: nickcarraway

Nazis = Socialists


14 posted on 02/19/2023 3:31:12 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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“After experiencing first hand how right-wing nationalism could result in the murder of millions of their people”

Hitler’s NAZI’s were Leftist Nationalists. They were Socialists


15 posted on 02/19/2023 3:32:55 PM PST by stockpirate (Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins...Repression Breeds Violence)
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To: rottweiller_inc

Apparently some people read beyond the first paragraph.


16 posted on 02/19/2023 3:34:04 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: nickcarraway

Tell that to Vindman, Sondland, Yavonavitch, Blinken, Nuland, Raskin, Schumer, Nadler, Norm Eisen, Barry Burke. They are doing fine in the DNC.


17 posted on 02/19/2023 3:34:14 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: nickcarraway

Nationalism in the US is about individuals freedom


19 posted on 02/19/2023 3:38:26 PM PST by dila813
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To: nickcarraway

whete the sarcasm tag?


20 posted on 02/19/2023 3:39:11 PM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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