According to Vanity Fair, the Jewish minority, which makes up only about 2.5% of the American population, represents more than fifty percent of its most influential citizens. More notable, perhaps, is how overrepresented Jews are among what Vanity Fair calls the “New Establishment,” or the up-and-coming American power men–of twenty-five, at least sixteen are Jews. This means that, of America’s wealthiest and most influential men, more than sixty percent–more than twenty times the amount one would expect from their percentage of the population–are Jews. And though Vanity Fair, of course, won’t have the courage to tell you, their so-called “Pit Stop Club,” which includes a list of nine men who, thought they didn’t make the “New Establishment” list this year, will certainly be back on the list soon–of the nine men, eight are Jews: fully eighty-eight percent!
To see Jewish author Joseph Aaron’s interesting, and somewhat pompous, comments on this recent article, visit The Jewish World Review.
