Jewish Debate in Trump's America

How is it that more powerful Jewish establishment organizations haven't challenged the appointment of Bannon? The failure to speak out is all the more surprising considering that the vast majority of American Jews remain loyal to the Democratic Party even after achieving socioeconomic success. The frequently quoted adage, coined by longtime observer of American Jewish life Milton Himmelfarb, that “Jews earn like Episcopalians and vote like Puerto Ricans” continues to express the seemingly paradoxical relationship between Jewish class status and general voting patterns. According to exit polls, 71 percent of Jews voted for Hillary Clinton, a rate higher than Hispanic voters, 65 percent of whom voted for Clinton, and significantly higher than any other religious group. Among the 10 percent of American Jews who are Orthodox, the trend is reversed. While Orthodox Jews are typically described as being the most traditional and least assimilated members of the Jewish community, their voting patterns correspond more with evangelical Christian voters than with other American Jews.