October 27, 2019
Jews Will Not Abandon the Democrats, Even as the Democrats Abandon Them
By Abraham H. Miller
The quip among Jewish Republicans about President Obama’s trafficking with anti-Semites was that he was so popular with American Jews that had he nuked Tel Aviv, he would have lost no more than 30% of the Jewish vote.
The affinity for American Jews for the Democrat Party has long been a political curiosity. The distinguished essayist Milton Himmelfarb observed that in America, Jews had attained the socioeconomic status of Episcopalians, but for some reason they continued to vote like Puerto Ricans.
Nothing seems to dissolve the sinew that ties Jews to the Democrats. President Obama’s association with the anti-Semitic Rev. Jeremiah Wright brought a collective yawn. Photos of Barrack Obama embracing the Rev. Louis Farrakhan, who compared Jews to termites, did not concern them.
Read more: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/jews_will_not_abandon_the_democrats_even_as_the_democrats_abandon_them.html#ixzz63ZFCqcv6
@rangerrebew I think the overwhelming number of Jews being Dims is more related to historical culture and geography than religion. Most Jews are city dwellers because historically they were forbidden from having farms or being able to earn a living in rural areas of Europe. So naturally,when they immigrated to the US,they primarily located in the large northeastern coastal cities,or the coastal cities on the left where the shipping trade was popular and imports and exports were a big business. Not to mention banking and accounting.
They also tend (tended?) to be clannish for historical reasons,and we all know what happens to the politics of people who never have discussions with people outside of their social circles.
I think,but have no proof,that this is changed in the digital world of today,where you can live anywhere you want to live and still conduct business. The few southern Jews I have known personally were so conservative they were a little scary. Very nice people socially,though.
