Mark
In reading about the pre-Nazi days in Europe, I have come up with a theory about why so many Jews vote Democrat (socialist).
Before WWII, many of the Jewish academics were socialist and communists, but not statist communist or socialists (at least they didn’t admit to it). They thought that communism or socialism was empowering the people, not shackling them to work for the State. They didn’t foresee the problems with rule by an elitist cadre, bent on securing power for themselves and exploiting the workers.
Jews still see these communist/socialists academics as rebels against the State and the goals of an egalitarian society as represented by the Democrat Party. They don’t delve any deeper than that, the academics are always the smartest people in the room.