Frequently I'm asked by Arkansans why Jews still lean left politically. The answer is a vestige of bygone days where Jews were unwelcome in conservative circles. Now, Jews should be far more aligned with Republican values than Democratic ones, their unfortunate lagging voting habits aside.
If Jews in Arkansas manifested their true interests, they could--as an organized group--more greatly influence policy by providing a conservative-minority perspective in Republican political debates.
Like me, most Orthodox and many Conservative (the religious denomination) Jews have voted right for years. And they (we) are an important voice in the Republican party. They have far more in common with evangelicals than they do with secular Jews.
But so far, most Reform and other-denominated or non-denominated Jews remain stubbornly Democratic. So Republican leaders often don't know which Jews will be receptive to the conservative messages of individual responsibility, rewarding merit, and biblical values.
This confusion is exacerbated when liberal-secular Jews hijack the imprimatur of Judaism to advance leftist positions, such as when they wrongly assert that abortion is permitted under circumstances beyond saving a mother's life. Judaism forbids abortion just as clearly as it bars eating pork.
After all, the Old Testament anthologizes the fire-and-brimstone prohibitions--chief among them "thou shall not murder." (Notice, incidentally, the proscription isn't against killing--such as in the...
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