While the public perception of Jewish Republicans is largely colored by a small number of figures, many of them liberal Republicans, the Jewish grassroots is trending more conservative.
While the article is from the Forward, a far left paper slightly to the right of The Daily Worker, it does capture the fact that the same tensions exist among Jewish Republicans between RINO bigwigs and a more conservative base.
The civil war now engulfing the Republican Party is laying bare a split among Jewish GOP supporters, as well.
Some of the party’s biggest Jewish donors are taking the lead in pushing for a more moderate conservative party following the Republicans’ defeat in last year’s presidential election. At the same time, grassroots Jewish supporters, many of them Orthodox, are finding a new home among socially conservative Republicans who populate the Tea Party movement and the Conservative Political Action Conference.
The emergence of a substantial Jewish presence in the party’s hard-right wing is reflected, among other ways, in the daily prayer minyan and kosher food options that have popped up at the CPAC meetings in the past two years — catering to the strongly Orthodox bent of these Jewish conservatives.
“I don’t feel very Republican these days,” said political operative Jeff Ballabon, the man behind CPAC’s kosher meals and Sabbath prayer services, adding, “Who needs two Democratic parties?”
Ari Fleischer, one of the co-authors of “The Autopsy,” in many ways exemplifies the older, more familiar image of the establishment Republican Jew.
Fleischer also cited Romney’s idea of “self-deportation” of undocumented immigrants. “The Autopsy,” which Fleisher co-wrote with four other activists, champions “comprehensive immigration reform” as key to winning support among Latinos.
The argument is being made that the 2012 election results showed that the Jewish vote is drifting toward a sharp partisan divide.
Tevi Troy, a former top Bush administration official, has been analyzing the correlation between the Jewish vote for Republican candidates and the candidates’ success in the general election. He found that until the recent presidential race, Republican candidates who fared relatively well with Jewish voters won the general elections. “In the past,” Troy said, “it was clear that the Jewish vote was a bellwether for winning over the moderates.”
This time around, Romney’s achievements among Jews did not signal any similar success with moderate voters. The reason, Troy said, may have to do with the changing face of the Jewish Republican voter, who is no longer necessarily a fiscal conservative with mainstream views on family and social issues.
This emergent, more diverse Republican Jewish electorate includes, alongside the socially moderate donors, more strongly ideological conservative thinkers that make up the party’s intellectual backbone, such as William Kristol, Charles Krauthammer and Yuval Levin. There is also a growing constituency of Orthodox Jewish voters who, according to Troy, “are not turned off by social issues.”
To the extent that there ever was an American Jewish consensus, it’s collapsing into the same partisan divide as the rest of the country, with left-wing Jews on one side and right-wing Jews on another.
Ballabon, who counts himself among this number, shares the view that Jewish Republicans can be found on both sides of the debate. The dividing line is between rich businessmen who vote Republican because “they want tax breaks” and grassroots Jewish voters who are “social conservatives with a strong emphasis on Israel.”
Indeed, among the Jewish activists attending this year’s CPAC were members of Young Jewish Conservatives, an organization that has been sending activists to the event for the past two years. The group defines its mission as empowering politically conservative young Jews and providing them with “tools to defend” their values. “We are proud to label ourselves as conservative,” the group stated on its website.
Demographics favor the rise of the Orthodox Jewish voter. And while Orthodox Jews, like Evangelical Christians, are not universally conservative, they trend well to the right, including on social issues.
And the left’s growing aggressiveness on social issues has moved it into territory where it’s stepping on entire communities that otherwise want to just be left alone.
Aside from Muslim immigration, Jewish life in Europe today has become so difficult because left-wing governments practice intrusive social policies and are overtly hostile to religion. A good example of that is the case of the Namdar family in Sweden, which has been hounded for years because the parents homeschooled their children.
That leads us into a strange territory where in a decade the majority of Jewish voters in New York City will be fairly similar to Evangelical Christians. The practical value of this is somewhat limited as New York is still a blue state, but it’s one of the reasons why the last time a Democrat sat in City Hall was 20 years ago. (As bad as Bloomberg is, there are far worse alternatives to him. If you doubt that, do some research on John Liu. Or just flash back to David Dinkins.)
But it’s not just about Orthodox Jews. The American Jewish vote is breaking down into polar opposites. The middle ground is vanishing and is being replaced by Jewish voters who are still actively engaged, but dislike ‘moderate’ politicians and prefer strongly partisan stands.
The American Jewish vote is starting to look like the rest of America. The process will take a while for generational reasons, but by 2025, it’s likely to be nearly complete.
@ yamit82:
yamit82 Said:
As I said CB goes 270lb you will have to arm wresle hin for it, I wil just make two,solves the problem.I will send you cobbler recipe later. Fixin dinner,Swedish Meatballs,mashed potatos,veg. CB eats alot. He said to tell you doesn’t give a damn what color the house is,as long as the pot are ratteling in the kitchen!!!!!!!!!
Honey Bee Said:
I have a 2nd and 3rd helping I’m gluttonous.
And now for some Raisin Pudding
* 1 cup flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1 tablespoon butter
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
* 1/2 cup raisins
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or sliced almonds (optional)
In a small bowl, sift together first five ingredients. In a separate larger bowl, combine sugar and butter; mix well.
Add flour mixture to sugar and butter mixture, alternating with milk. The add vanilla, raisins and walnuts or almonds.
Pour into large greased loaf pan.
Sauce
* 1 cup brown sugar
* 2 cups boiling water
* 2 tablespoon butter
Combine all three ingredients in a bowl and whisk together. Pour over pudding mixture and bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.
yamit82 Said:
Nobody even on the far left is that stupid. They will find ways to pay less than the Republicans who want to pay less.
Most reasonable people are supposed to be moderate. But common sense wisdom tell us that they are a minority. Most people are therefore immoderate. Very sad. We must have too many neurons and we can’t control them!
yamit82 Said:
Eric R. Said:
To what purpose? Propagation of corrupted Judaism? They too will face a similar fate as their European brothers and sisters.
Honey Bee Said:
Yummy 😀
@ yamit82:
Thank you, You are correct. I apreciate your input. I wish your near as I a baking blue berry cobbler. As I hae said I am very isolated from a Jewish community, This blog is my touchstone.
@ Honey Bee/a
You are confusing who is a Jew and what is Judaism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buhBtLWzSUU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83cpmwZztig&list=SP0FA8227766E8EC2E
@ Eric R.:
Liberals distroy their progeny.
@ yamit82:
Hoped it was more then genetic, a religious system and ethical beliefs. My father taught me that Judaism was an honorable manner in which to live. Which is why he rejected so many of his fellows. My mother thought it was membership in a country club. I chose my husband and his life because he is a decent man.
We breed cattle with genetics paramount, I hope G-d created Jews with more in mind.
Jewish population is actually nearing the end of decline in the US. Orthodox and Hasidic Jews are near the point where their high birth rate will compensate for the loss of secular Jews. This phenomenon has already occurred inBritain.
@ Honey Bee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDDI0TwfG8A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GexZF5VIMU&list=PL8YsQ66enhZF4y9mw0EToorrZhGI98xN3
Honey Bee Said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRtc0XaA5k0&NR=1&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioYAjdDALqk
@ yamit82:
What are your IDEAS on the question?
@ yamit82:
Then a Jew is nothing more then genitics and Mitrocondiral desent?
Honey Bee Said:
http://www.jewfaq.org/whoisjew.htm
http://judaism.about.com/od/whoisajew/a/whoisjewdescent.htm
Samuel Fistel Said:
Man proposes and G-d disposes. Never say never,
The Democratic domination over Republicans nears completion:
The demographic reversal in America has occurred faster than predicted. Traditional Americans (Republican white christian middle class conservatives) are now a permanent minority. The Democratic coalition of elitist white atheistic liberals, blacks, latinos, and asians, all of whom despise traditional Americans, has become the permanent majority.
Desperate, floundering Republicans are looking for a comeback. It’s hopeless, of course. Republicans would need to attract some black, latino, and/or asian votes to win. But the Democrats offer those groups unlimited welfare and unlimited legal immigration. The only thing Republicans can counter with is cutting welfare just a little bit, and limiting immigration just a little bit.
In other words, the most moderate Republicans (McCain, Romney) are becoming Republicans in name only, which is to say, imitation Democrats, and why vote for an imitation Democrat when you can have the real thing?
yamit82 Said:
And what do you think a Jew should be order to be reconized as a Jew? I am not baiting you, would really appriaciate you opinion. I have wanted to know “What is a Jew”. Any ideas,thought,emotions. That was the question in “The Last of the Just”.
Wishful thinking it seems to me. The Jewish vote except in three states is totally irrelevant and the only power Jews have as a limited voting block is to keep the coalition together. That is to say, no matter which party gives them some but not much leverage as a group. If they were to swing as a collective to either side of the political debate fine but splitting them means that they will have no political influence or leverage at all anywhere.
Question, if some Jewish businessmen vote Republican for Tax Breaks then can we assume other Jewish businessmen vote Democratic in order to pay more taxes?
😀 By 2025 I doubt whether there will be enough Jews identifying as Jews in America to matter one way or another. By 2025 the definition of an American Jew will be anyone with a Jewish grandparent. I am curious enough to want to see what America will have become in 2025. I wonder if it will still be recognizable to me as America. I don’t think most American Jews will be recognizable as Jews.