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Reader Otis, my man on The
Podhoretz Method:
Yes, you, Seth Lipsky and Norman Podhoretz are on to something
here. Liberalism is a “faith system” for secular people.
Most know that Marx was born into a Jewish family that had
converted to Christianity. He eventually renounced both
religions. Trotsky was a Jew, as was Felix Dzerzhinsky. Many
leading Communists of the early 2oth century were Jews. We
often forget that Israel is a socialist country and that its
kibbutzes are communes.
I find it interesting that many religiously observant Jews tend
to be conservative, just as many religiously observant
Christians tend to be conservative as well.
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Cbaker| 11.3.09 @ 9:36AM
FYI, Dzerhinsky wasn't Jewish. He was a Polish aristocrat from a Catholic family. Not a huge deal, but if you're looking to tally up Jewish Bolsheviks, you can come up with plenty of others ( Open Conquest's "The Great Terror" or any of Pipes books on the Russian Revolution at random).