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I am a conservative, freedom-loving, America-loving, constitutional-loving Jew. My grandfather fought in Guadalcanal with the 1st Marine Division, my mother served as a commissioned officer in the PHS who led hurricane Andrew relief efforts in Florida and Louisiana and received accommodations from President George HW Bush.
The idea of a Jewish conspiracy theory is over 120 years old and has been disproven many times. It was created by the Russian Secret Police during the Czar to bring attention away from the from falling Monarchy and to scapegoat their economic failures. There are 15 million Jews in the world representing less than .001% of the world's population. 7 million in Israel, 6 million in the U.S., and the rest scattered throughout the world due to long histories of antisemitism perpetrated and inspired by the Catholic Church (thankfully, the Church formally repudiated religious antisemitism in the 1960s).
You might ask yourself if Jews are such a small part of the population, why are we overrepresented in business, politics, art and culture, medicine, etc? The answer is very, very simple. Our religion and culture require us to be educated. The Torah says (for Christians, your bible, too) to find a teacher and to learn.
Family, education, and community are the center of our culture. This is the conspiracy to our success. That's it!
Why banking (not so much anymore)? Because religious Antisemitism from the Catholic Church prevented us from holding real jobs except for usury and merchants for 1700 years.
As far as the conspiracy goes... there's an old Jewish joke that says if you get 5 Jews in a room, you will get 10 opinions. The state of Israel has over 30 political parties. There is not much Jews agree on. In fact, we can't even agree on the definition of a Jew. We had to leave that to the Nazis and Hitler.
Why do 65% of American Jews vote Democrat?
They didn't vote Democrat until FDR, and stopped voting Democrat until civil rights. Most Jews, including my grandfather and great-grandfather, always voted republican. What changed? Until the civil rights movement, there used to be signs that would say, "No Blacks, No Jews, No Dogs." History conveniently forgot about the other two words after "No Blacks." Jews, just like the word Blacks, Christians, Hispanics, etc. is not monolithic. There are many, many different types of ethnic, religious, and even atheist Jews.
I don't want to have to worry about dropping my kid off at Hebrew school. I don't want to have to worry about attending services and worshiping. I don't want to worry about feeling like an outsider in my own country, which my family for many generations has helped to serve and build. This is why I got my wear and carry license. This is why I train. This is why I will teach my kids to be aware and to protect themselves. They day of Jews not protecting themselves is now long gone. Believe that!
The idea of a Jewish conspiracy theory is over 120 years old and has been disproven many times. It was created by the Russian Secret Police during the Czar to bring attention away from the from falling Monarchy and to scapegoat their economic failures. There are 15 million Jews in the world representing less than .001% of the world's population. 7 million in Israel, 6 million in the U.S., and the rest scattered throughout the world due to long histories of antisemitism perpetrated and inspired by the Catholic Church (thankfully, the Church formally repudiated religious antisemitism in the 1960s).
You might ask yourself if Jews are such a small part of the population, why are we overrepresented in business, politics, art and culture, medicine, etc? The answer is very, very simple. Our religion and culture require us to be educated. The Torah says (for Christians, your bible, too) to find a teacher and to learn.
Family, education, and community are the center of our culture. This is the conspiracy to our success. That's it!
Why banking (not so much anymore)? Because religious Antisemitism from the Catholic Church prevented us from holding real jobs except for usury and merchants for 1700 years.
As far as the conspiracy goes... there's an old Jewish joke that says if you get 5 Jews in a room, you will get 10 opinions. The state of Israel has over 30 political parties. There is not much Jews agree on. In fact, we can't even agree on the definition of a Jew. We had to leave that to the Nazis and Hitler.
Why do 65% of American Jews vote Democrat?
They didn't vote Democrat until FDR, and stopped voting Democrat until civil rights. Most Jews, including my grandfather and great-grandfather, always voted republican. What changed? Until the civil rights movement, there used to be signs that would say, "No Blacks, No Jews, No Dogs." History conveniently forgot about the other two words after "No Blacks." Jews, just like the word Blacks, Christians, Hispanics, etc. is not monolithic. There are many, many different types of ethnic, religious, and even atheist Jews.
I don't want to have to worry about dropping my kid off at Hebrew school. I don't want to have to worry about attending services and worshiping. I don't want to worry about feeling like an outsider in my own country, which my family for many generations has helped to serve and build. This is why I got my wear and carry license. This is why I train. This is why I will teach my kids to be aware and to protect themselves. They day of Jews not protecting themselves is now long gone. Believe that!
