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Anonymous wrote:PP- I know MANY Jewish conservatives, myself included. Mostly very wealthy. See for example the hawks have been governing in Israel for how long? American Jews are mostly Democrats, BUT, many vote against their best interests when voting Democratic. That tendency to vote Dem can be traced back to the civil-rights era, which is ironic. I will agree with this thread that most Jewish people I know are high-achievers (law, finance,drs, etc.), prefer to associate with Jews, abd look out for ourselves first. To be honest, I at least view it as an us vs. them. This is NOT to say I dislike or have ANY prejudice against non-Jews. I believe we have to stick together bc at the end of the day, we are the only ones who look out for each other.

Look! Lots of different kinds of evidence that not all Jews are smart!

Anonymous wrote:There have been studies done that Jews have higher IQs than the general population. It may be a genetic trait just as characteristics such as height, eye color, disease-risk, etc. differ amongst various groups. Higher base cognitive scores coupled with cultural expectations may result in higher-achieving Jewish children

Anonymous wrote:My husband is Jewish, and I must say that his entire family is shiftless.

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Correct, PP, I am absolutely saying that Tiger Parents abound in Jewish communities as well as other groups. I am a Eurasian Tiger parent

OK, again, we're talking about JEWISH parents, not Chinese or Indian. I don't think Jews are Tiger Parents.

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Anonymous wrote:I read "The blessing of a skinned knee". The author, a Jewish psychotherapist, has 2 daughters and they didn't seem to do anything extraordinary at home - they went to school, playdates, had one music lesson a week and some tutoring.

True, but when you are surrounded by achievers, achieving becomes the norm, not an exception or something praise worthy. Jews are extremely resilient people who do not make excuses for failure. Heck 6+Million were exterminated, wiping out whole families and they carry on, hardly looking back. Never in history will you see a more beaten down people who just pick them selves back up, dust off, and carry on with success.

Same reason a WASP family would not praise their kid for graduating high school. It is a complete expectation. Most Jews just take it up a notch. We also have tight communities. Jews always help Jews first. My experience in business is that being Jewish has given me the ability to cut in line, just due to my last name.

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Anonymous wrote:I read "The blessing of a skinned knee". The author, a Jewish psychotherapist, has 2 daughters and they didn't seem to do anything extraordinary at home - they went to school, playdates, had one music lesson a week and some tutoring.

True, but when you are surrounded by achievers, achieving becomes the norm, not an exception or something praise worthy. Jews are extremely resilient people who do not make excuses for failure. Heck 6+Million were exterminated, wiping out whole families and they carry on, hardly looking back. Never in history will you see a more beaten down people who just pick them selves back up, dust off, and carry on with success.

Same reason a WASP family would not praise their kid for graduating high school. It is a complete expectation. Most Jews just take it up a notch. We also have tight communities. Jews always help Jews first. My experience in business is that being Jewish has given me the ability to cut in line, just due to my last name.

Tragedy visited many, many peoples in history. Jews do not have the monopoly on misery. There must be something unique about the Jewish people besides the trials they withstood. Plus I would hardly call the Holocaust something the Jews just shook off and carried on. It's a major piece of their narrative and a very lucrative niche.

Anonymous wrote:Every Jewish friend of mine except two are single and I keep in touch with about 50 of them. From what I can see they stress their children should be doctors, lawyers, or go into business and don't consider any other fields successful so in the end they have kids who go into those well paying fields. If you're single and have a good job, you'll typically be wealthy.

Anonymous wrote:Why not leave Montgomery County sometime and get to know Jews in Philadelphia, or Baltimore, or Miami. Maybe you'll learn that not all Jewish families are wealthy, ambitious, or even well-educated.

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Tragedy visited many, many peoples in history. Jews do not have the monopoly on misery. There must be something unique about the Jewish people besides the trials they withstood. Plus I would hardly call the Holocaust something the Jews just shook off and carried on. It's a major piece of their narrative and a very lucrative niche.