At present, most American Jews are Democrats and tend to be rather liberal. 80% voted Dem last time IIRC and a friend from high school (who was Jewish and zealous enough to challenge the notion of Jesus's Messianic status on Biblical grounds) said that no Jew in his right mind would be conservative.
I recall someone said that Jews (or at least the Reform Jews) have the incomes of Episcopalians but vote like the Puerto Ricans.
(Obviously there are exceptions--one Jewish friend was a hard-core conservative who joined the Army while another was a Libertarian. Another friend's Jewish father voted for Ron Paul.)
So how might we get it so American Jews have a tendency to be conservative?
If it's solely a matter of Reform Jews being almost exclusively Democrats, perhaps there are more Conservative and Orthodox Jews? I think Michael Medved is Orthodox and he's very conservative politically.
Also, keeping the people who became the Religious Right (rural, conservative Christian whites) aligned with the Democrats might work, since one Jewish friend seemed rather afraid of them and another, while another (who was Israeli-born) responded to the notion of faith-based initiatives and school vouchers by yelling "separation of church and state" very loudly.
I recall someone said that Jews (or at least the Reform Jews) have the incomes of Episcopalians but vote like the Puerto Ricans.
(Obviously there are exceptions--one Jewish friend was a hard-core conservative who joined the Army while another was a Libertarian. Another friend's Jewish father voted for Ron Paul.)
So how might we get it so American Jews have a tendency to be conservative?
If it's solely a matter of Reform Jews being almost exclusively Democrats, perhaps there are more Conservative and Orthodox Jews? I think Michael Medved is Orthodox and he's very conservative politically.
Also, keeping the people who became the Religious Right (rural, conservative Christian whites) aligned with the Democrats might work, since one Jewish friend seemed rather afraid of them and another, while another (who was Israeli-born) responded to the notion of faith-based initiatives and school vouchers by yelling "separation of church and state" very loudly.