Jewish prominence rose as their actual power and state stability fell.

Evidence

The point about the Jews themselves is that they grew prominent and conspicuous in inverse proportion to their real influence and position of power. Every decrease in the stability and force of the nation-states was a direct blow to Jewish positions. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 832

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s toolkit interest in how the perceived power of a minority can exceed its real position — a mechanism later Islamophobia readings will parallel in arguments about Muslim ‘influence’ vs actual marginality.