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To an outside observer, all these cultural signals are baffling at first. Not only do these highly significant Palm Beach Jews vote Democrat on domestic issues, but religiously speaking they are largely liberal : In Palm Beach County, the 2005 Jewish Community Study found that 26 percent identified themselves as Reform, and 34 percent as Conservative, leaving, I suppose, only 30 percent identifying themselves as Orthodox. In many ways, they seem 'progressive', they have a 'socialist heritage' even, from 'the old country'. Yet, they will use their tactical voting power to push the USA into a world war, so it behooves you to understand their idiosyncracies.
Another coded reference in Goldberg is "you don’t feel Jewish worry the way a senator from New York would feel it." Charles Schumer, maybe - another DINO when it comes to foreign policy.
