Einstein, who was Jewish and who declined an offer to be the state of Israel's second president, also rejected the idea that the Jews are God's favoured people. "For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything 'chosen' about them." This was in 1954 -the Zionists certainly have gotten a lot more power since then. In fact, they control Congress and the White House. -The "cancers" that Einstein mentioned have by now become apparent, but I rather doubt we've seen the worst of them yet.