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Generally speaking, Jews actually received very favorable treatment in the first ~20 years of the Soviet Union,
Favorable treatment to Jews is being treated equally with gentiles.
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were extremely disproportionately represented in positions of power compared to their percentage of the population.
No they werent. Jews were disproportionate at first because Marxism promised Jews equal rights. It wasnt significantly disproportionate as compared to the population. Yes, there were more Jews in the Bolshevik party as a percentage than what there population was in the Soviet Union at the time. However, Jews were not a majority of Bolsheviks, and the fact they were later persecuted says a lot.
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"Jewish" that it made Hitler's rants about "Jewish Bolshevism" believable.
No, thats more of just Hitler blaming anything that Nazism didnt like on the Jews. Jews were also similarly blamed for capitalism and communism by Nazis, who were opposed to both.
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it was a little bumpier of a ride.
You mean complete shit.