How often have you heard liberals croon this all too familiar refrain: I agree with Republicans on economic and national security issues but I could never vote for one because of the social issues.  A similar comment was sent to me by an acquaintance in response to my "Explaining Jewish Liberalism" article:  Give me a Republican presidential candidate who can support what polls consistently show are not just liberal Jewish positions, but mainstream American positions on reproductive rights, on gun control, and on the environment. This is the mindset of many American Jews who, although politically liberal and committed to Judaism, identify with conservatives when it comes to Israel. Republican candidates would be more palatable to them only if they capitulated on a host of policies which, it so happens, are antithetical to core conservative principles and even large swaths of the GOP platform.  These are not the JINO’s (Jews In Name...(Read Full Article)