Those Pesky Canadian Jews Are Taking Over America's Right

What do Charles Krauthammer, Dan Senor and David Frum have in common? They are all annoying? Yes. They're all prominent right wing commentators in America? True. They are all Jewish? Yes.
But what most American political junkies probably don't realise is all 3 are Canadian. All products of the Canadian education and healthcare schemes. Those pesky Canadian accents throw everyone off the trail.

Krauthammer and Senor were both born in the USA but raised almost entirely in Canada. Frum and Senor are both from Toronto, while Krauthammer is from Montreal and is fluent in French. While Senor and Krauthammer were born in America, both attended undergrad studies in Canada, while the Canadian born Frum attended Yale.

Krauthammer and Senor both used US birth certificates to begin their careers in US, while Frum spent his formative work years in Canada. Krauthanner has a medical degree from Harvard.

Most Canadians could only identify Frum as a fellow Canuck. He had a prominent career in Canada before being recruited by George W. Bush as a speech writer. In Canada his mother, Barbara Frum, was much more famous and really beloved, as a TV and radio host. Probably Canada's best interviewer. When she died prematurely of an illness, it was a shock to most Canadians. I recall listening to her when I was a kid in Hamilton. Her radio show was called "As it Happens". I always thought that she leaned a little to the left. David Frum has denied this in recent years, but I do not think he has convinced us that his mom was a closet conservative.

It is interesting that three of the most prominent American conservative commentators are products of the large and influential Toronto and Montreal Jewish communities. I can say that they are not the crazy conservatives of the Limbaugh and Beck ilk, though "I never have to say I'm sorry" Krauthammer has been pushing the boundary of late.

All three men tend to be thoughtful conservatives and big supporters of Jewish and Israeli causes. Just like in America, Canadian Jews tend to lean a little to the left, but have been trending conservative in the recent past, primarily because of a support for Israel. No government on earth, are bigger supporters of Israel than the Harper conservatives.