Monopolizing the Conversation. Wolf Blitzer, a Jew, had a discussion about the Lebanon situation on his show today. His two guests — his only two guests — were Senator Arlen Specter, a Jew, and Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Jew. Oh, that's balanced. When will we stop letting Jews tell us what to do in the Middle East?
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Everyone knows that Jews are grossly overrepresented in American politics. Jews themselves freely admit it. Murray Friedman and Alan Mittleman in an article on the website "First Things" say plainly:

Jews, for example, are disproportionately represented in Congress, with Jewish members coming often from states that have few Jews. Survey research shows overwhelmingly a sharp decline in anti–Semitism; indeed, most Americans have friendly feelings for Jews.

The Jewish Virtual Library says:

Though the Jewish population in the United States is roughly six million (about 2.3% of the total U.S. population), roughly 89 percent live in twelve key electoral college states. These states alone are worth enough electoral votes to elect the president. If you add the non-Jews shown by opinion polls to be as pro-Israel as Jews, it is clear Israel has the support of one of the largest veto groups in the country. * * * [But note that in no state do Jews comprise more than 8.7% of the population. So how can so insignificant a population dominate anywhere? And why should candidates for popular election kowtow to a tiny minority?]

For example, in the 109th Congress [the present Congress], 11 Senators are Jewish (11 percent) while Jewish members comprise almost 6 percent of the House.

California, which is represented in the U.S. Senate ONLY by Jews, is only 2.9% Jewish. Wisconsin, which is also represented in the Senate only by Jews, is 0.5% Jewish!
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Here is a list of the 11 Jewish Senators. To the right of the Senator's name is their state and the percentage of that state's population that is Jewish:

Barbara Boxer (CA: 2.9%)
Norm Coleman (MN: 0.9%)
Russell Feingold (WI: 0.5%)
Dianne Feinstein (CA: 2.9%)
Herbert Kohl (WI: 0.5%)
Frank Lautenberg (NJ: 5.7%)
Carl Levin (MI: 1.1%)
Joseph Lieberman (CT: 3.2%)
Charles Schumer (NY: 8.7%)
Arlen Specter (PA: 2.3%)
Ron Wyden (OR: 0.9%)

How did this happen?
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One consequence of the gross overrepresentation of Jews in Congress and media is to fool people into thinking there are far more Jews in this country than there are. Judaism is said to be one of our "three major religions", along with Protestantism and Catholicism. No way in the world does 2% constitute a "major religion".
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The 6 million figure for Jews in the United States is probably inflated. We have lived with that number so long that nobody seems to have challenged it. But a survey by the World Jewish Congress suggested last year that the Jewish population of the United States is only 5.8 million, part of a worldwide decline in Jewish population.

The overriding reason for the decline in numbers of Jews outside Israel, however, is intermarriage. Fifty percent of diaspora Jews marry outside their faith, and in some American cities the intermarriage rate reaches 80 percent. Other surveys indicate that of intermarried couples in the U.S. where one partner is Jewish, only about 20 to 25 percent raise their children as Jews.

The Jewish Virtual Library says Jews in the United States numbered 6,155,000 in 2001, and translates that to 2.2% of the total population. The Census Bureau estimates the population of the Nation as 296,410,404 at July 1st of this year. Divide that thru and you see that even if the figure for Jews were 6,155,000 and hasn't shrunk, Jews comprise less than 2.1% of the Nation's population (and the Census's figure probably does not include illegal immigrants, most of whom are from Latin America and thus Roman Catholic). If the number of Jews is 5.8 million, the Jewish population rate is 1.96%. 11 Senators is 11%. The most representation Jews should have if Senate seats were distributed fairly would be 2. They thus have 9 more than they would be entitled to, which is 450% overrepresentation. If Jews are overrepresented, somebody else is underrepresented.
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Would U.S. policies in the Middle East be different if there were only 2 Jewish Senators and only 2% of the House were Jewish? Bet on it.
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Would U.S. policies be different if outspoken opponents of Zionism had 11% of the seats in the Senate? Bet on it.
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Would U.S. policies be different if all the Jews in media were replaced by Arabs, and no Jew appeared on public-affairs programs? Bet on it.
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There is a very serious question as to why a minority of 2% has such extraordinary power in the United States. Latinos comprise 14% of the population and blacks, 13%. But they don't dominate public discourse. Latin America and Africa get almost no attention or assistance from the U.S. Government. Why is that?
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(The current U.S. military death toll in Iraq, according to the website "Iraq Coalition Casualties", is 2,607 — for Israel.)
- posted by L. Craig Schoonmaker @ 4:22 PM