A Look At The Powerful Jewish Lobby In America

"It makes no sense at all to try to deny the reality of Jewish power and prominence in popular culture." -- Michael Medved, well-known Jewish author and respected film critic.

http://www.rense.com/general27/jlobby.htm

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/news/who-are-the-50-most-influential-jews-of-2009-1.4207

http://www.forward.com/forward-50/


World's 50 most influential Jews

"The story is told, in several cultural variations, of a Jewish man spotting a friend reading an Arabic newspaper. “Moshe, have you lost your mind?” he says.

“Well, I used to read the Jewish papers, but what did I find?” Moshe replies. “Jews being persecuted, Israel being attacked, Jews disappearing through assimilation, Jews living in poverty.

So I switched to an Arab newspaper. Now what do I find? Jews own the banks, Jews control the media, Jews are all rich and powerful, Jews rule the world. The news is so much better!”

1. Binyamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel



2. Ben Bernanke
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve.



3. Rahm Emanuel
White House chief of staff.



4. Sergey Brin
Founder of Google



5. Shai Agassi
Founder of Better Place



6. Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Head of the International Monetary Fund



7. Shimon Peres
President of Israel



8. David Axelrod
Senior White House Adviser


9. Alan Dershowitz
Law professor, Israel advocate



10. Elena Kagan
US Supreme Court nominee



11. Alan Solow
Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations


12. Ehud Barak
Defense Minister



13. Irwin Cotler
Canadian MP, human rights activist



14. Michael Bloomberg
Mayor of New York



15. Bernard Kouchner
Foreign Minister, France



16. Gabi Ashkenazi
IDF Chief of General Staff



17. Stanley Fischer
Bank of Israel Governor



18. Avigdor Lieberman
Foreign Minister



19. Sheldon Adelson
Entrepreneur and philanthropist



20. Dorit Beinisch
Supreme Court President



21. Natan Sharansky
Jewish Agency Chairman



22. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
US Supreme Court Justice



23. Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook Founder



24. Moshe Kantor
EJC President



25. Michael Steinhardt
Investor and philanthropist



26. Mortimer Zuckerman
Publisher



27. Ronald Lauder
WJC President



28. Larry Ellison
Oracle founder



29. Ruth Arnon
Biochemist



30. Elie Wiesel
Writer



31. Steven Spielberg
Filmmaker



32. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Chief Rabbi, UK



33. Jeff Zucker
CEO of NBC Universal



34. Joseph Lieberman
US Senator



35. Eric Cantor
US Congressman



36. Lee Rosenberg
President of AIPAC



37. Richard Goldstone
International jurist



38. Thomas Friedman
Columnist



39. Haim Saban
Media magnate



40. Jeremy Ben-Ami
J Street Executive Director



41. Shari Arison
Bank of Hapoalim owner



42. Simone Veil
French politician



43. Irving Moskowitz
US tycoon, settler supporter



44. Gill Marcus
Bank Governor, South Africa



45. Bernard-Henri Lévy
Philosopher



46. Bob Dylan
Musician



47. Roman Abramovitch
Investor, Chelsea FC owner



48. Sacha Baron Cohen
Comedian



49. Lucian Freud
Artist


50. Omri Casspi
Basketball player


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