A Jew can be politically conservative
Matt Yglesias went after Representative Eric Cantor (R-Va) for being a Jewish conservative. Along with Jonah Goldberg, one of the main guys who gets my goat is Eric Cantor. There’s something unseemly about seeing fellow Jews turn into rightwingers.
At NRO, Kevin Williamson goes after Yglesias:
I'm no Torah scholar, it is true, so perhaps somebody could explain to me why being Jewish precludes a belief in limited government, individual rights, free enterprise, traditional morals and manners, etc.
It doesn't. And perhaps Williamson should have added "supporting Israel" to a list of conservative tenets that many 'liberal Jews' don't accept today.
But Yglesias is just confused. He thinks being Jewish means being 'Liberal.' Liberalism is not Judaism.
But Yglesias is just confused. He thinks being Jewish means being 'Liberal.' Liberalism is not Judaism.
Israel Matzav: A Jew can be politically conservative
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