http://www.destroyzionism.com/2013/10/27/jewish-magazine-brags-yet-jewish-power/

Yet again, a Jewish magazine brags about Jewish power. In an October 22 article by David Hazony at Forward, where he is contributing editor, we read these revealing sentences:

Fast-forward to 2013. Vice President Joe Biden gives a lengthy address marking Jewish Heritage Month, in which he goes far indeed.

http://forward.com/articles/185835/american-jews-should-own-their-success/

“The truth is,” he revealed in his revelatory Joe Biden way, “that Jewish heritage, Jewish culture, Jewish values are such an essential part of who we are that it’s fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage….” Then he upped the ante. “No group has had such an outsized influence per capita as all of you standing before me.” Speaking of such progressive causes as civil rights and same-sex marriage, Biden added this zinger: “Think behind of all that, I bet you 85% of those changes, whether it’s in Hollywood or social media, are a consequence of Jewish leaders in the industry. The influence is immense; the influence is immense. And, I might add, it is all to the good,” he said.

Yes, you might add that. Because without that, it reads remarkably like an American Jew’s nightmare speech.

Most Jews, of course, are fully aware of the facts cited by the vice president. But they would never talk that way in public. You don’t hear Jack Lew or Joe Lieberman — deeply identifying, observant Jews — talking like that. Not in public. Maybe in synagogue.

That’s because the fundamental survival strategy for Jews in the past century has been based on very deliberately not saying the things that Biden said straight out — the things that Neuhaus took for granted. The glaring, gutsy, but obviously true proposition that The New York Times, Hollywood and a huge part of the secular public sphere in America are not just a Jewish creation, but also a Jewish achievement. . . .

while non-Jews stand back and either admire or seethe at the Jews’ “immense” influence in America, a Jewish kid growing up in the United States is taught to think twice before saying, “Yes, we built that”?

The alternative, I suggest, is what I call “Own-It Judaism.”

Hollywood? Yeah, we built that. The New York Times? Network television? Yup, ours, too. Facebook? Google? Yo. Big chunks of the popular music industry? Of course. In culture, in letters, in politics, of course in finance and banking, we’ve been there in numbers, pouring our best talents to make the country a better and more prosperous place not just for Jews, but also for African Americans, for Catholics, for gay men and lesbians, and for all other minorities. And, yes, it has been one of the most impressive Jewish achievements in history — the building of America as a thriving, progressive, tolerant land. Secular America is nothing less than one of the Jewish people’s crowning achievements. As a people.