There are two sorts of Jews, politically, in the US. The ones I grew up with and count myself among were raised to believe in social justice and the healing of the world (which the learned among our number parse as specifically Jewish theological concepts), which consequently leans us towards progressive politics. We're also uncomfortably aware that gentiles who other-ize groups as hate objects (here, Hispanics and Muslims) historically turn to the Jews next, and there's been some evidence of this among Trump's "very good people."
The other sort are neocons who believe that, since Trump and Bibi are friends, we should all support Trump and profess themselves puzzled why the rest of us don't.
There's a strong, though not overwhelming, correlation between secular and religiously liberal Jews in the first category, and Modern Orthodox and Hasidim in the second.
I suspect parallels in the British Jewish community. (It may also be necessary to explain that the Chief Rabbi is only the spokesperson for a large group of Orthodox synagogues. He is not anything like a Jewish equivalent of the Pope, even just within the UK.)
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The other sort are neocons who believe that, since Trump and Bibi are friends, we should all support Trump and profess themselves puzzled why the rest of us don't.
There's a strong, though not overwhelming, correlation between secular and religiously liberal Jews in the first category, and Modern Orthodox and Hasidim in the second.
I suspect parallels in the British Jewish community. (It may also be necessary to explain that the Chief Rabbi is only the spokesperson for a large group of Orthodox synagogues. He is not anything like a Jewish equivalent of the Pope, even just within the UK.)