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Ashkenazi Jews rank smartest in world
Nelly Lalany
Published: 23.07.11, 09:01
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1. And Palestinian IQs?
John ,   NZ   (07.23.11)
2. I bet you don't know my ex wife
Jerome ,   NZ   (07.23.11)
Blonde, blue eyes, both parents Yekes as German as hitler youth. Ok she did a great job in raising the kids, but chronically dumb!
3. but of course we were told to study couldnt
(07.23.11)
do anything else not allowed to in the trades in germany. so we had to study, in our jeans
4. Can't wait to see the comments on this article.
Terry ,   Eilat - Israel   (07.23.11)
A lot of the comments may totally disprove the thesis of the article. LOL
5. Give me a break
charles ,   canada   (07.23.11)
What a ridiculous article.
6. special mention must be made of Tsipi Livni whose IQ is 150
Feminut   (07.23.11)
According to the New York Slimes, and as repeated often in Israeli lamestream media as well. She is smart, she is a woman, "you go girl". /sarcasm off
7. Does that seriously surprise anyone?
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8. Before I migrated to Israel, I was just a Jew
Yaniv ,   Israel   (07.23.11)
Now I find out that I'm an ashkenazi, even though I'm attracted to everything mizrahi, music, food, culture
9. This will definitely fire up Anti Ashkenazi feeling
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (07.23.11)
here in Israel and will add more fuel to the fires of rekindled Antisemitism worldwide.
10. Then they should know how to govern
Ted   (07.23.11)
this country.... and make sure the people here have proper housing, educaion, jobs and healthcare. ...and perhaps even manage to make peace with the PA people... or take care of the minority in this country... But went wrong here?
11. # 2 ex wife
mba ,   Israel   (07.23.11)
Yeah, dumb enough to marry you yet smart enough to divorce you.
12. What is this - an echo of -
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (07.23.11)
- Deutschland Deutshland uber alles, uber alles in die Welt - Propaganda fur das Herrenvolk ? The Gothic Germans are the most intelligent people in the World ? This is disgusting although I am a Gotic German. Intelligence comes from HASHEM. Arn.Sweden-
13. just because you're smart doesn't mean you're not an idiot.
David ,   New York   (07.23.11)
true story.
14. to #10- what went wrong
Jewish Whale ,   Haifa, Israel   (07.23.11)
The ashkenazim are not running the country first off. these are hybrids. second of all the education system in Israel stinks and causes brain atrophy third, the culture here doe not promote a long term view of success-much of what is done is cone for the now or immediate future. Jews in general outperform their peers- interesting article.
15. gee wez 10 i thought for the past 63 yrs we been
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doing not bad considering the odds against us, no?
16. maybe if we had a jew running the usa
(07.23.11)
it might not be ready to be going belly up with the budget problems, in 8 days we are broke. hows about all the dough we gave away to all those countries we helped during ww2 pay us back? how come we can forigve debts but others will not forgive ours?
17. ODE TO AN ASKENAZI JEW
LAWRENCE ,   Zefat (Safed)   (07.23.11)
There once was an ashkenazi jew ; who had an I.Q. of one hundred and two ; but you too could be smart if you repeatedly fart ,you'll be brainy and smelly too.
18. Ashkenazi high IQ
David ,   On this planet   (07.23.11)
Compensate for the lack or less than minimum IQ when it comes to common sense. Take a good look at all the Professor in Israel and the ones who left Israel and are supporting terrorism against their own country. Should we be proud of them ?..... I guess not, it is more like a liability. I will have more respect for someone less smart but more level headed and trust worthy
19. they obviously don't post on Ynet
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20. #1 John
marc   (07.23.11)
Palestinian average IQ is 87 Mizrahi IQ average IQ is 90
21. why median IQ?
marc   (07.23.11)
why does article give median IQ when almost all data for other groups is given as average IQ? What is the average IQ of ashkenazi Jews ? I read somewhere that average ashkenazi IQ was about the same same as Japanese and South Koreans ( 107 )
22. Think of how many good minds and potential good minds Nazism
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (07.23.11)
managed to extinct...!! Think of how better the world would have been if the vast majority of Ashkenazi Jews were not exterminated at the hands of Hitler and then at the hands of Stalin, and later on, in smaller quantities at the hands of the Muslim-Arabs, attempting to wipe Israel off the face of earth and erase any trace of Jewish (Ashkenazi, included) in Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). We have an obligation: To re-create that which has been extinct!!
23. smart or smart ass
clearlight ,   alaska   (07.23.11)
24. #1
(07.23.11)
we could not find it. it is really so at the bottom tha it is off our research charts.
25. IT'S OUR BRAINS, STUPID.
Bad assed Jew. ,   United States   (07.23.11)
One thing Jews have are brains. Perhaps not everyone agrees but, that's my opinion. israel has no natural resources ( until the gas reserves wee found recently ) However, G-d gave us a little something special, our brains, the best traveling resource I know of. Thank you Lord.
26. Ted # 10
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (07.23.11)
The problem is : governing millions of smart Jews who all think they are the Prime minister .
27. here we go again, strictly MAD!
nice ,   tlv   (07.23.11)
next survey would show that tall are better than short, slim than fat white than black........satan is at work indeed.
28. Maybe you should lower down the bragging.
One   (07.23.11)
That's the Jewish secret of success. Modesty.
29. Ted #10: you forget Ashkenazi Jews are a minority in Israel
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thanks to mass immigration of Arab Jews to Israel in the 1950's, the Ashkenazim have become a minority.
30. Sure. Holocaust happened when the greatest
tanya ,   tel aviv israel   (07.23.11)
Jewish German minds like Stefan Zweig, Leon Feihvanger, Albert Einshtein were just in the epicenter of growing danger of Nasizm and were in total denia/lack of understanding. Amos Elon in his book "Pity of It All" describes it as "cultural overdose." Indeed when you read that Martin Buber called Nasizm a passing phenomina on the eve of the war, Feihtvanger telling that Hitler is in the past and Einshtein considered Nasizm as momentarily reaction to soon going away economic hardships you wonder. Jerman Jews were well educated, qualified, decent, liberal, hardworking, reliable and posessed many other top qualities which made them objects of ... menhunt in their beloved Germany. A great Deiche Kultur, which they created became a monster and they - a symbol of it's crash. Talking about IQ? Well...
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