the original question proposed was why are the jews so successful in the academics? and the reason, i still believe, and will continue to believe until proven otherwise, are the reasons stated as above: refusal to assimilate, sharing of precious information (or monopolizing that information), extremely tight networking, and the idea of being special. you people are so funny–implying a genetic factor! as if mecantile skills acquired over 5k years or whatever is going to ring a genetic component, when most secular compatriots claim racial and genetic equality for the rest of us! think of the ARROGANCE.

want to watch something funny? watch pinker’s lecture on jews and IQ–seems that the OP watched it in earnest, and was inspired from it. self-congratulations always works well amongst ones own.

and ofri–if you think you have the reason for the pre-dominance, please, by all means, share it. if not, just keep it quiet then. i offered an outsider perspective, not based on self-emulation, but on true reflection.

you guys miss the main point of assimilation + nurturing. can you imagine the influence on anyone, raised from birth, being told repeatedly how special they were, how they are god’s people, how they are the chosen ones, how they have a social obligation to essentially excel in whatever endeavor they enter?! on top of that, can u imagine how much societal pressures influence people with relatively high IQ’s into deviant or misplaced activities?! PUT 2 and 2 TOGETHER, OFRI!!!

and i agree, to a certain extent, that there are numerous jews who haven’t been able to reach the bars their other kin have set. but i do urge you, if you have time, to go to jewwatch.com and though i do think it is a hate-site, just to click on the link for jewish power. un-freaking-believable. and us SHEEP let it happen. can anyone say, grassroots?

Excuse me now, I have to go to call my mommy because she hasn’t told me she loves me in at least three hours.

i meant counter-culture, if you will. or trendy culture. just think real long and hard how many jewish people get tattoos, or join the military, etc. they certainly are an exclusive community–but i would argue, no different than indians here.

if you want to try something interesting, if you have the time, do this. do a search under the web, for new jersey property tax records. ok? then choose passiac county (there is an orthodox ocmmunity out there) and put in very jewish sounding last names? like cohen, weinstein, etc.

you cannot believe how many of the residents there own multiple properties or businesses–it literally blew me away, considering passaic city is a dump and passiac park is beautiful. they resided in passaic park and had investments in passaic city. coincidence? a whole community full?

im not saying that jewish people or bad, etc. i think they have a very successful, and admirable to a fault, model that we gentiles ought to follow.

and regarding point #31, the mommy-coddling theory, is probably more suited as to why jews are more liberal as a group than others.

hey, im not perfect, but only offering goyim insights as to what accounts for jewish success.

Jobber, chill out!

Charles Paver, I know what you mean. My mom never told me I was smart or special and look how I turned out.