The Democrats and Republicans are using different strategies to target the American Jewish electorate

Republicans and Democrats diverge on ‘Jewish’ issues

NEW YORK (JTA) — It”s never been easy for Jewish Republicans. Jews have broken overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates since Woodrow Wilson. Despite rising American Jewish affluence, usually a harbinger of conservative voting patterns, a plurality self-defines as liberal. Republican Jews have poured millions into upping their share of the Jewish vote in recent elections, portraying the…