Personally, I don’t think this is a good thing. The same pattern appears all across USA and European politics and major institutions. The same social/religious group is also on the verge of starting WW3. Descended from 300 Jewish males and their non-Jewish wives, the Ashkenazi Jewish community is highly inbred and self-referential to the point of uncontrollable self-deceit. It’s a small group made larger by affiliations like those mentioned by Shmuley. Psychologically and sociologically its hubris is driving the West to civilizational disaster. We are so close to nuclear war and planetary annihilation, we have to engage this subject openly and seriously. ABN
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