Overheard one of my students today saying that with the departure of Arlen Specter, there are no more Jewish Republican Senators (apparently he is not counting Joe Lieberman). And that Eric Cantor is the only Republican Jewish Congressperson. Can this be right?
He also asked a classmate: then why is it that Republicans are much more pro-Israel than Democrats? Are they?
Fn.: I see that Wiki also lists Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, but this looks like a more complicated case.
Update: Yglesias posted a similar item under the headline "The Democrat's Jewish Problem," and set off a thread of Talmudic exegesis.
Afterthought: Along with Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, Arlen Specter would bring to three the number of Senators born in Kansas. Are there more?
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