I’m Jewish (by cultural background), not aligning myself with this article or liberal values, but I would say the framing here does indeed conflict a bit with liberal values.<p>2.4% of adults identify as some kind of Jewish; 1.7% by religion. The article mentions that 21% of “elite boomer American academics” are Jewish. 20% of federal judges used to be Jewish. It laments that it is not considered very acceptable to hope for a return to these numbers and for 15-20% of undergraduates to be Jewish. It’s true, it is not. I don’t have a nuanced and researched opinion on affirmative action, but I’m pretty sure it’s ok if a religious group is not as over-represented as it used to be.<p>It seems like the baseline expectation here is for Jews to be 10x overrepresented in “positions of power” and use that power to sustain or increase the percentage? I’m not trying to read anything into the article, there are just a lot of mentions of power and percentages and a lot of lamenting.<p>I know there is still lots of anti-semitism alive and well, in the US and elsewhere, today. There’s also a valid and earned backlash against Israeli nationalism. Personally, I am spiritual, not religious. Religious groups have agendas, of course, like for some religions it is converting people to that religion. I think these agendas are more understandable and relatable if you are inside the group.