Negative Reviews Abound as Podhoretz asks “Why are Jews Liberals?”

I suppose there are as many reasons most American Jews are liberals as there are facets of liberalism—social,economic and cultural.  For me it started with my (Orthodox) Jewish education, which taught me about the Torah’s principles of economic justice well before I knew the history of our persecution and marginalization, which later only reinforced my liberal beliefs.  Yes, Orthodox Judaism tin the U.S. today promotes some principles that are decidedly opposed to certain liberal social and cultural values, and there are plenty of Orthodox (and other) Jews who seem not to care about economic justice, but I don’t see any overall opposition to economic justice from the Orthodox community as much as I see indifference to it.—an indifference that grows out of the alliances they have made with conservatives in support of other parts of their agenda (anti-gay; anti-abortion; pro-vouchers for private schools, etc.), an indifference which ignores or goes against the Torah’s ethical teachings of economic justice.

I think the education explanation is more likely. All ttoo often the persecuted persecute others, like Frat members getting even for being hazed by hazing subsequent pledge groups. Headline for this article misrepresented it by omitting the “Why”!

I am a liberal Jew and DAMN proud to be liberal !!!
I go to Shul EVERY Shabbos, eat KOSHER and am married to a Catholic !!! love homosexuals and support UNRESTRICTED abortion rights. What the TORAH says I try to do for ME, but to enforce my beliefs on others, NO WAY!!!! Liberals rock!!!