Jews

Jews are are in the news these days because of the war in Palestine but the Jews have always been looked at differently and some say it is because they are over represented in most of the top areas of the country. These include, students at Ivy league school, the fields of medicine and law, in business and banking, Wall Street, Professors, Hollywood, music, in Noble prize winners and even in chess and bridge. The number of Jews in these areas often exceed. many times their raw numbers in the group. For example while Jews represent about 2.4% of the population they are 21% of Ivy league students. Jews represent less than one percent of the worlds population but they have won Noble Prizes. Chemistry: 36 (19% of total) Economics: 38 (41% of total) Literature: 16 (13% of total) Peace: 9 (8% of total) Physics: 56 (25% of total) Physiology or Medicine: 59 (26% of total) The explanation most times given is Jewish cultural values based on family upbringing, dedication to education, self motivation, persistence, resilience in the face of adversity and just plain hard work. This is much like Asian American families.