Re: "Keeping Kashrut must be really tough for a Jew in the American Exile."
No tougher than living in Eretz Yisrael where kibbutzim raise pigs for pork production, grocery stores regularly stock bacon, sausage, and ham, and restaurants in Eilat serve deluxe shellfish dinners to the likes of Rahm Emmanuel.
"Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" -- anonymous