Why are so many Jews Liberal?

10 Responses to “Why are so many Jews Liberal?”

1. Lyndon Simmons on April 25th, 2006 11:27 am [#]

   I ask myself, why do conservatives wonder about things like this?

2. J Soehner on May 4th, 2006 10:45 pm [#]

   It’s simple why conservatives wonder about this. It’s predominatley conservative christians that are pro-Jew, pro-Israel. In addition Jewish beliefs are very conservative in nature. Just read the Old Testament. Therefore, it is not uncommon to wonder then why Jews are so predominately liberal. Liberals are now where near pro-Israel as conservatives, in fact many call for more of a distancing of American support. Also, the moral belief system of conservatives fall in-line with the Old Testament and the 10 commandments which came through Moses a Jew. Yet the ACLU, and liberals want to do away with 10 commandments. So all in all I believe it is a very good question to ponder - Why Are So Many Jews Supporting Leftist Parties!!

3. davidson on May 7th, 2006 7:53 am [#]

   …remember a guy called hitler?

4. Colin Broughton on May 7th, 2006 4:49 pm [#]

   Setting aside the rudeness of the question, and temporarily accepting the (questionable) premise, could it be that any culture that respects intellectual capacity and scholarship will tend to look right past the federal Conservative Party simply because there are too many one-bookers parked there? In my personal experience, many Conservatives are well-read and genuinely aware, and I have great respect for many of the Conservative caucus. But I can also understand how the loony right (e.g. Day, Toews,…) *would* turn off a lot of people, especially anyone with an education. Does that answer your question?

5. Stephen on May 7th, 2006 7:45 pm [#]

   Colin - I think you may be a bit ahead of yourself on this.

   I present below the CV of the “Loney Right Mr. Toews”.

   Mr. Toews attended the University of Winnipeg, and received a Law Degree from the University of Manitoba. In 1977, he became a member of the Bar of Manitoba.

   Mr. Toews practiced law with the provincial Department of Justice from 1976 to 1991. In that capacity, he served as a Crown Prosecutor in Brandon, Manitoba, and in Winnipeg as Legal Counsel to various government departments, including Labour, Workplace Safety and Health, the Manitoba Labour Board, the Director of Child Welfare, and various other government boards and commissions.

   In 1987, Mr. Toews was appointed Director of Constitutional Law for the Province of Manitoba, and represented the Attorney General in many important constitutional cases at all levels of court, including a number of Supreme Court of Canada cases. He acted as legal counsel to the Premier of Manitoba at the Meech Lake Accord discussions in 1990. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1991.

   As for Mr. Day, perhaps he has had a less illustrious formal academic career, but his public service record requires no apologies.

   Is it not time we focused on debating policy issues and directions that separate Canadian Political Parties as opposed to reducing the argument to simplistic generalizations on a personal level?

6. John G on May 7th, 2006 8:41 pm [#]

   But I can also understand how the loony right (e.g. Day, Toews,…) *would* turn off a lot of people, especially anyone with an education.

   You mean like grade 12 Belinda?

7. Alberta Girl on May 8th, 2006 5:50 am [#]

   Stephen - Is it not time we focused on debating policy issues and directions that separate Canadian Political Parties as opposed to reducing the argument to simplistic generalizations on a personal level?

   Touche!!!!

   I couldn’t agree more - It is interesting how the left continues to debrade the right, yet their own foibles and flops are ignored.

   Davidson - please explain how your comment about Hitler has any bearing on this conversation. In order to save time, I will answer my own question - you are obviously comparing the conservative party to Hitler, however, for the life of me I cannot figure out why. How on earth do you even contemplate that the CPC could remotely be contemplating wiping a race of people off the earth. Please enlighten us so we can have a real debate.

   I get so tired of liberals making statements with no backup, no facts. But I guess that is the liberal way - make unfair, derogatory and libelous statements in the name of scare mongering. It seems to be the liberal way.

8. Colin Broughton on May 8th, 2006 7:33 am [#]

   Thanks Stephen,for the CV. I have followed Mr. Toews’ career for some time, and I have taken in some of his speaking events. I think you have wrongly inferred from my comment that I think Mr. Toews is uneducated and/or stupid. That would be a wrong conclusion. However, Mr. Toews *did* run around the country telling people that C-250 would render the Bible illegal. I think he knew better, and that he was telling whoppers for political expediency. His comments on gay folk strike me as good qualifications for “loony right” status. BTW Alberta Girl, I carry a Conservative card, and I continue to hope that fiscal conservatism will regain its former popularity. It is the social conservative attitudes that turn off our more educated citizens.

9. Alberta Girl on May 8th, 2006 8:36 am [#]

   Colin - While I do agree with you regarding the fiscal conservatism, I also think that social attitudes have been pandered to by the left - so much so that our lives seem to be dictated by what the minorities in this country consider their rights to the point that they have all the rights and the ordinary (as in non-minority) seems to have none.

   I do take issue with your comment “It is the social conservative attitudes that turn off our more educated citizens”, are you saying that an educated person cannot have social conservative attitudes, or vice versa? Because if you are, you are very, very wrong. I consider myself an educated person, I also do not believe in SSM (although, if two gay persons want to have a unification ceremony, I have no issues), Abortion after first term, feminism (as defined by the feminist lobby), gun control (as definied by the gun lobby, judges letting criminals off or any of the other lobbies, advocacies, etc. etc. that form the so called “social conservative attitudes”.

10. The Seer on May 8th, 2006 8:38 am [#]

    I cannot agree with Prager’s second argument, that “[m}ore than any other major religion, Judaism has always been preoccupied with this world.” John Calvin, parting with Augustine, decided that the purpose of Christianity is to establish the Kingdom of God on earth and that the purpose of government is to serve the preacher’s writ. That is why, to this day, fundamentalists have to have the Ten Commandments in schools, court houses and public squares. And why fundamentalists seek to impose the literal truth of what they think they find in The Bible on civil society.

11. Canadian Cynic on May 8th, 2006 11:12 am [#]

    from your $5.15 an hour job to learn a second language, anyway? Tim takes a break from blaming Clinton to blame Saddam. Pete makes it clear he doesn’t like faggots. Just in case you weren’t sure. Greg’s curiosity about the Jews is answered by aright-wing neo-con. Now Greg understands. Holden notices a terribly, terribly disturbing trend in journamalism these days — unsourced conjecture and speculation. Holden is also stunned to learn that red-light cameras could be nothing more than (gasp! horrors!) a

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