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(September 2009) Why Are Jews Liberals?—A Symposium
Commentary Magazine ^ | September 2009 | David Wolpe, Jonathan D. Sarna, Michael Medved, William Kristol and Jeff Jacoby

Posted on 09/13/2010 10:49:05 AM PDT by Inappropriate Laughter

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To: MrB; inflorida
I think part of it is because they associate Republicans with Christianity.

Supreme irony in this. Christians are the one group that does and will do the most to support Israel, and protect the religious rights and freedoms of Jews. There is plenty of evidence to support this.

21 posted on 09/13/2010 11:14:10 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there.)
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To: SMARTY

It is easy to figure out, they have a death wish.


22 posted on 09/13/2010 11:15:17 AM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Inappropriate Laughter

Why Democrats?

Because the WASPs did not think Jews [also Catholics] were good enough to let them into their Republican Wall Street country clubs so they became Democrats?

Members of these groups will know it is OK to become a Republican when one of their members gets the GOP nomination for President.


23 posted on 09/13/2010 11:16:25 AM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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To: Inappropriate Laughter
Aaahhh good. Nothing like starting off the week with the weekly...why are the Jews liberal.

Maybe next week we can do the why are there 40 million liberal Christians who belong the the far left National Council of Churches (they are the ones who REALLY voted Obama in) or the World Council of Churches and their 300 million base of liberal supporters?

24 posted on 09/13/2010 11:18:33 AM PDT by blasater1960 (Deut 30, Psalm 111...the Torah and the Law, is attainable past, present and forever.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Liberals oppose the ultimate truth...

John 3:19
19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.


25 posted on 09/13/2010 11:19:43 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Really?

Lifesite news has articles to this effect all the time about “pro-choice Catholics”.


26 posted on 09/13/2010 11:20:57 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Inappropriate Laughter

IT SEEMS PEOPLE WOULD LEARN. A MISTAKEN IDEA ... IS A MISTAKEN IDEA.

The definition of ‘insanity’ is continuing to do the same thing, but expecting different results.

When the shoe fits were it!

God help us in our day, in Jesus name, amen.


27 posted on 09/13/2010 11:23:47 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: Inappropriate Laughter
I think the best person to chime in on this would be a Jewish conservative like Michael Medved.

“For most American Jews, the core of their Jewish identity isn’t solidarity with Israel; it’s rejection of Christianity. This observation may help to explain the otherwise puzzling political preferences of the Jewish community. Jewish voters don’t embrace candidates based on their support for the state of Israel as much as they passionately oppose candidates based on their identification with Christianity—especially the fervent evangelicalism of the dreaded “Christian Right.””

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/why-are-jews-liberals-a-symposium-15223?page=all

28 posted on 09/13/2010 11:28:53 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: junta

This sounds like Logic 101.
Most Jews are Liberals.
Most Liberals embrace the concept that Islam is a religion of peace and that the U.S. can appease Muslims.
Ergo, most Jews, oops, where did all the Jews go?


29 posted on 09/13/2010 11:32:10 AM PDT by Ranger Warrior
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To: NativeNewYorker

No joke.

I am not even Jewish and can see the agenda of these serial postings.

I want to know why my tribe -— Scot Irish Catholic Whitetrash -— voted for Obama.

And given that we outnumber your tribe 20 to 1, and Obama hates us just as much as he hates your tribe, it’s equally puzzling voting equation.

Given the sheer number of votes in question, it’s also far, far, more serious of an issue.


30 posted on 09/13/2010 11:32:59 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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To: ken5050
[. . .I mortified my mother when I walked out Temple during Yom Kippur services, when the rabbi ( reformed) devoted his High Holy Day sermon as to why Jews should NOT vote for Barry Goldwater..]

Though Goldwater was a Jew he voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act citing constitutional states rights and the individual rights of business owners to choose who they traded with. Goldwater became an attractive figure to southern “Dixiecrats” including the Ku Klux Klan who had a history of persecuting Jews as well as blacks, Catholics and immigrants.

Jews are so prevalent in the arts, professions and the intelligentsia it is difficult for a Jew to openly dissent from the political fashions of his academic peers even though his personal belief system may be in opposition. This may seem dishonest but we are—as you know personally—talking about a group of people who have survived by their wits every day since before Moses. If Jews have learned anything over the millenniums it's that periods of peace and prosperity can overnight transform into persecution and even extermination at the hands of a fickle and brutal majority.

31 posted on 09/13/2010 11:36:38 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Inappropriate Laughter
I have an extremely liberal Jewish friend that loves to talk about politics.

I came to realize that Jews will always be victims.

I have tried to explain to her that Jews, like abused women go back to their abusers at record rates. She really doesn’t understand that Democrats only want her vote and could care less about her personally.

32 posted on 09/13/2010 11:38:54 AM PDT by lucky american (If you think the Libs care about your health.....LOLOLOL)
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To: inflorida

That’s silly.


33 posted on 09/13/2010 11:40:00 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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To: MrB

Winner of what? Dolt of the year?


34 posted on 09/13/2010 11:40:28 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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To: blasater1960

“with the weekly...why are the Jews liberal”

Weekly? It’s daily. If not hourly.

Smells like astroturf, to me.


35 posted on 09/13/2010 11:41:32 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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To: Inappropriate Laughter

All liberals are liberals before they are anything else. It’s a cult.


36 posted on 09/13/2010 11:42:17 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: lucky american

Exactly.


37 posted on 09/13/2010 11:42:37 AM PDT by Ev Reeman
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To: MrB
If you read Mr P's book, you will see that it goes way back with the Catholic church. Jews were targets of the early church. It was not until the foundation of the USA and the establishment clause of the constitution that the Christian community (Protestant and Catholics)started reconciliation. It was very ugly in the Middle ages. But you are correct, the Evangelical movement is the largest supporter of Israel. But most Jews are JINOs.
38 posted on 09/13/2010 11:42:52 AM PDT by cromero (Lead, Follow or Get out of the Way)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

” it’s equally puzzling voting equation.”

Not really.

Your tribe stands to gain from more gvt intervention (welfare, etc.)

Not so with the Jews. Or at least not so apparently.

In some sense they do stand to gain in terms of their negotiated payback from gvt. Many of them play the gvt like a fiddle....


39 posted on 09/13/2010 11:43:59 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: NativeNewYorker

How America’s <3 million Jewish voters (mostly crammed into 20 congressional districts) vote is an FR obsession. Easier to blame the jooooz than to motivate the 30+ million evangelicals who didn’t vote or voted for Obama.


40 posted on 09/13/2010 11:44:32 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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