Irish power and the Jews
Amongst the many heartfelt tributes to the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy last week, the Jewish community remembered him as a steadfast friend of Israel and a partner in the movement to free Soviet Jewry. It is a testament not only to the late senator, but to the very system of government we hold dear, that Kennedy was such an active proponent of so-called Jewish interests and that his influence on behalf of American Jews could impact U.S. policy. That’s just the point that Prof. Henry L. Feinberg makes in his incisive new book, Jewish Power in America, Myth and Reality, reviewed last week in Jewish News. Feinberg, an eminent professor of American Jewish history, uses a historical lens to look at the evolution of so-called Jewish power in America. He makes two very important arguments: first, Jews by dint of their history of oppression and persecution, have always worked to understand the lines of authority in government and use them for self-protection. So we are as a people keyed into learning how the system works and proactive in wielding whatever influence it will afford. Secondly, and more importantly, Feinberg shows that in America, Jewish interest will go only so far in determining national policy as it is aligned with national interest. To suggest that the government -- or the media or the banks, for that matter -- pander to what the Jews want is patently false and blatantly anti-Semitic.
Jewish power, as the late senator’s legacy attests, is only as real as its ability to coalesce with what is in the best interests of the nation.
And that can be very powerful indeed.
04 Sep, 2009 >
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