This article by Jacob Savage documents the sharp diminution of the Jewish presence at Ivy League colleges and in other elite settings. For example: Using YouGov data, Eric Kaufmann finds that just 4% of elite American academics under 30 are Jewish, whereas Jews comprise 21% of elite academics in the “boomer” age category.
I found this article and Paul's comments fascinating.
As a Jew and the father of two high achieving Jewish sons (one a physician and one completing his second year of law school), I have two stories.
The first son, now an MD, had perfect everything coming out of high school. In addition, he was in his high school's International Baccalaureate Program and was a National Merit Scholar. He is a good writer and had perfect high school grades. Applied at two Ivy's and was turned down. It worked out just fine, because he had always wanted to go to UCLA and gained admission as a Regents Scholar. He graduated with honors and went to and graduated from medical school at UCI where he excelled. He got his first choice of residency and is doing fine.
Son #2 had a 175 on the LSAT (99.9%), perfect grades out of UC Santa Barbara (graduated with Highest Honors), a good resume of extracurricular activities and wasn't accepted at a single Ivy for law school. Bill Otis is familiar with him. Again, no matter. He is completing his second year at UC Berkeley at the very top of his class and has secured a summer associate position with a large New York firm and a clerkship with a well-known judge on a US Circuit Cour of Appeals right after graduation. He, too, will be fine.
So, the answer to the question is, as noted, the war on merit and objective indicia of achievement. The only thing my sonss lacked is obvious.
To quote form The Untouchables, "there ended the lesson."
Of note*-Just 19% of the UC Berkeley class of 2023 is Caucasian...
Thats impossible unless it was engineered, and thats against the law as they just lost a case several years ago re; quotas etc....Clearly, they are refusing to comply, and must be absolutely hammered or else its over....judeo- Christianity in the USA is dead...
Don't you think extremely low birthrates account for most of this decline? Metro white liberals have a TFR of less than 1 since the 90s. Beyond the orthodox, which have great demographics, the majority of liberal/reform jews have extremely low birthrates. There is also a high degree of intermarriage outside their community. Seems like this would account for most of the admission decline. Theres just less of them as a portion of the population and ultra orthodox tend to seek different professions outside the ivy league/law/etc.
Great post. My sense is that discrimination against Jews in college and post-graduate admissions has existed for a long time. I entered Harvard Law School in 1964 and, I believe, enjoyed admission preference for a number of reasons, one of which was an informal ceiling on the number of Jewish admissions. Jim Dueholm
Why no “Meir Kahanes”? Is it not “nice”? Is there a cohort more likely to have the clout to “Die2DEI” than Jews? The number neither lie nor do they tell their own story.
I found this article and Paul's comments fascinating.
As a Jew and the father of two high achieving Jewish sons (one a physician and one completing his second year of law school), I have two stories.
The first son, now an MD, had perfect everything coming out of high school. In addition, he was in his high school's International Baccalaureate Program and was a National Merit Scholar. He is a good writer and had perfect high school grades. Applied at two Ivy's and was turned down. It worked out just fine, because he had always wanted to go to UCLA and gained admission as a Regents Scholar. He graduated with honors and went to and graduated from medical school at UCI where he excelled. He got his first choice of residency and is doing fine.
Son #2 had a 175 on the LSAT (99.9%), perfect grades out of UC Santa Barbara (graduated with Highest Honors), a good resume of extracurricular activities and wasn't accepted at a single Ivy for law school. Bill Otis is familiar with him. Again, no matter. He is completing his second year at UC Berkeley at the very top of his class and has secured a summer associate position with a large New York firm and a clerkship with a well-known judge on a US Circuit Cour of Appeals right after graduation. He, too, will be fine.
So, the answer to the question is, as noted, the war on merit and objective indicia of achievement. The only thing my sonss lacked is obvious.
To quote form The Untouchables, "there ended the lesson."
On a recent trip to Jerusalem I quite accidentally walked past the U.S. Embassy--moved to Jerusalem by Trump. An unexpected delight!!!!!
The handwriting is on the wall. American universities have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
Of note*-Just 19% of the UC Berkeley class of 2023 is Caucasian...
Thats impossible unless it was engineered, and thats against the law as they just lost a case several years ago re; quotas etc....Clearly, they are refusing to comply, and must be absolutely hammered or else its over....judeo- Christianity in the USA is dead...
Don't you think extremely low birthrates account for most of this decline? Metro white liberals have a TFR of less than 1 since the 90s. Beyond the orthodox, which have great demographics, the majority of liberal/reform jews have extremely low birthrates. There is also a high degree of intermarriage outside their community. Seems like this would account for most of the admission decline. Theres just less of them as a portion of the population and ultra orthodox tend to seek different professions outside the ivy league/law/etc.
You've heard of Dr. Frankenstein? Destroyed by his own creation?
Yep.
Great post. My sense is that discrimination against Jews in college and post-graduate admissions has existed for a long time. I entered Harvard Law School in 1964 and, I believe, enjoyed admission preference for a number of reasons, one of which was an informal ceiling on the number of Jewish admissions. Jim Dueholm
Why no “Meir Kahanes”? Is it not “nice”? Is there a cohort more likely to have the clout to “Die2DEI” than Jews? The number neither lie nor do they tell their own story.