How is it that nearly 40 out of USAs 100 richest r Jewish... How is that over 90 of Russia's 100 richest r Jewish... and thre are more then 200 Jews on th UKs total rich list!? According to my research France, Caanada, Ukraine and all countries with Jews in them have Jews al over the rich lists... and similar disproportionate percentages in all other countries even with tiny Jewish populations like China, India, Iran, Ireland, Germany..! amongst so many others! How is that 1/4 of the Members of Prlimnt are Jewish when thrs only 300.000 jewish in the UK? How do there get 2 be six member of the Houses of the Oireachtas, of Ireland when there are only 1500 jews in Ireland!? How many jews are ther in the US congrss? How is that all the bigst Jewish companies get 2 b the bigst jewish companies like Lauder, Channel, K Klein, Dell, Intel, Apple, HP and a million others, (the list strangely disapeared from wikipdia) Are they just xtra hard workers? Super blessings? A down 2 earth answer plz!!!
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I think that it's two things...\nA. they teach their children how to handle money, that's something that most people don't know and that those that do know it, they don't teach others... I also think it needs to be taught in the school systems and it's as important as math and reading... \nB. They support each other... I think they give other jews low intrest loans and advice to help them be successful... a business support system... money makes money and they share... \n\nif the upper 1 percent of the U.S. treated the rest of the U.S. like that, the U.S. would be unstopable, instead they tend to just call them lazy and hold on to their money in their greed, exepct for the Jews with other Jews... I think we could learn something from them
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If you want a full answer, you have to visit "Judaism 101" at www.jewfaq.com
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I think that only the EUROPEAN Jews are the smartest group in the last 2 or so centuries.\nI think just like rest of Europe Jews went through a form of renaissance and a form of “Age of Enlightenment”\nI think than far too little research has been devoted to the Jewish age “Age of Enlightenment”. While for Europeans the “Age of Enlightenment” was a liberation from religious oppression and limitation, for Jews it was also a liberation from ghettos, so it was like dissolving nationality. Religions and nations are the two big prisons of humanity. IF we can dissolve these two monsters, not externally, but within ourselves, we will all be geniuses.\nTragically, Jews have been forced to be a nation again, case Israel…I guess the world is not yet ready to be without nations, and religions. Only John Lennon is <smile>
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I suggest you guys try and ignore this mouthbreather.  He asks the same questions on Judaism over and over again, with slightly different (though consistently biased and misleading) wording. If you don't believe me, all I can say is that you can verify this for yourselves.  I sincerely doubt that he is here to learn anything, at least in this area (though I feel obliged to at least commend him on his appropriate choice of screenname).\n\nThis guy's online hobby is something called Jew-baiting.  So don't take the bait, as it were, by responding on his terms and lending legitimacy to his line of questioning (which is shallow and insensitive at best, or, more likely from what I've seen, deliberate bigotry).  He has a real problem with Jews.  I don't know if it stems from a negative personal experience with Jews, or if he was raised by klansmen, or what.  But he keeps asking these same questions, and when confronted with information that contradicts his assumptions, he becomes belligerent and disregards the new information anyway.\n\nI once explained to him that he was mistaken in his assertion that a Jew had to have "Jewish blood" because conversion has a history going back through biblical history, all the way to the first Hebrew himself.  This did not sway him in his irrational belief.  And if someone here were to point out that calling Judaism a "cult of ancestor worship" is inaccurate because\n\na) it's not considered a cult\n\nand\n\nb) worshipping anything other than G-d, one's ancestors included, is the most severe form of blasphemy according to Judaism\n\nI highly doubt this gentleman would be swayed on either point.  My advice is not to waste your time.  There are plenty of people on here asking questions about Judaism because they actually want to learn.  If you are qualified to answer, answer those people.  They'll actually benefit from it.
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we have had Jew's as president of the U,S, and our congress and senate is 60%Jewish now, they own our news media , our monetary system and con troll our policies etc, but, don't forget they also had control of Germany for many years until a strong leader came along ,sure He was defeated but, only by 80%of the world fighting against him , and he was only as big as the state of Texas, and a country with app, 90million people , they have tried ruling the world several times but they have failed every time , what do you think will happen if the Americans wake up , a Jewish rabbi wrote a letter to the Jew's in the 50;s telling them if the Americans find out what you are doing there will be a real Holocaust
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you ask a lot of good questions. And as any good question the answers are never simple or the same ;)\n\n1. Its a ballencing act. On the one hand you have traditions and practices that are thousands of years old some which are very dear to you and those around you. On the other you have modern society that often clashes with views on everything on how one should model their lives to how one should dress. naturally you try to find a ballence where ever posible, but sometimes you need to decide with one or the other.\n\n2. It depends sometimes on the day of the week. Often like I said I feel the outside world stops me from leading a more Jewish life, but if I were to say things I do. It would be everything from celebrating hollidays, praying, studing Torah, humanitarian projects, even to what I read in my free time.\n\n3. The Holocuast is an auful cap on what was 1,800 years of Europen anit-semitism. If anything I have learned is that Jews are never compleatly safe anywere in the world, this includes America. This leads me to the State of Israel in my opinion Israel has only one big positive asset. That is that Jews who have no where to go will always have a home. This was key after the Holocaust, for the Arab ews and the Jews of the Soviet Union. If their is any reason to support the existaince of a Jewish state of Israel that is it.\n\n4. Education is key. If you have a question dont be afriad to ask. With all the messages that are floating around today about Israel about Jews is critical to get both sides so one can make an informed decition. Jews are not afraid to disscus or talk about issues as long as the questions are asked in a respectful manner. \n\nPs sorry for the spelling mistakes I was in a bit of a hurry \n\nhope his helps\n\n\n\n\nok,\n\nMy name is David Gratvol  I am 20 years old I was born in a suburb outside Houston, Tx. and I have been lucky enough not to experiance any serious anti-semitism in my life. \n\nalso I will try to get some others to answer this question if you want.
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I'm an American and I don't love Isreal or Jews, so please don't generalize and lump us all together. As for giving them part of the US, there are already more Jews in America than there are in Isreal. That is the reason the US seems so pro-Isreal, the Jewish population controls a lot of money in this country which influences politics. Just because I'm an American doesn't mean I agree with this, or my government's foreign policy concerning Isreal. If you have a problem with America, aim your anger at the government, not the people. Contraying to popular belief, both here and abroad, the American people play quite a small role in the government, particularly since many do not vote.
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Well, Jews are not a race, that's for sure, and I'm quite sure that they are not referred separately from Caucasians, Blacks and Asians, as there are Jews all over the world and with all colours.\n\nJudaism, in addition to being a religion, is an ethnicity and a nation too, as most of the Jews are originated from the same place- Israel (or Palestina, or Canaan, or whatever you call this area).\nAfter the Diaspora of Babylon, Jews had to emigrate to all different parts of the world, and there are communities of Jews in Europe, Asia, America, Australia and Africa, when the Jews look like the natives (after long long years among them) but differ from them genetically.\nThus, while a Jewish Russian man and a native Russian man look all alike, the Jew has this little tiny gene that all Jews around the world share.\n\nBut then again, it is not a race, it is an ethnicity. The Jews' race is Semite.
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I'm Jewish and I love being Jewish. It is a way of life - it defines your purpose in life. I don't know how non-Jewish people survive with the hardships from this day and age. I love it and I'm glad that i was born Jewish!!
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Hi! I went to a very religious Jewish school. It is very different than public school, though I dont know exactly how, since I was never in public school. This is what I do know:\n\n1) My school was only for Jewish Girls (no boys)\n\n2) only Jewish teachers. Most of the girls that graduate go on to become teachers in Jewish schools. (You dont need a degree since we dont believe in going to college)\n\n3) We have longer hours: 8:45 to 5:00 (sometimes till 4:15)\n\n4) We pray every morning in class and learn Jewish studies until Lunch -which is over at 1:00. From 1 till 4:15 or 5 we learn the English subjects - Math, History, Global, First Aid, Methods (to learn how to teach) Computers, typing, P.A.D., English Literature and Writing, Home Economics, Sewing, Art and Gym.\n\n5) I think we do much better academically than public school student. We were all required to take the Math A, Global History, American History, Biology, Hebrew and English regents. (Math B and Chemistry regent was optional) and just about everybody passed with flying colors. \n\n6) There is no such concept as school not being safe, gaurds, metal detectors or stealing in the school.\n\n7) We all know each other and are close knit. It is sort of like one big family, since we are all Jewish.\n\n8) There is a lot more respect for the teachers/principals - although the level of respect unfortunately has diminished slightly over the years. \n\nI hope I answered your questions!!
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Because the country that the Jews live in is ISRAEL!!!!!!!!!!!
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YOur right.  What the he**.  I dont get it.  It sounds cool to be a jew.  I know a few and they are no different than I.
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it is so complex problem...and i think almost the terrorism in the world now comes from this problem...i live in the middle east ...and i do not understand yet why Jews have the right in the land of the Arabic people...they think God give them the land of Israel just coz you are Jews?\nwhat about the rights of the Plestine people???\ni just want to tell you before the years of 1948 before they were given the land of Plastine...the Arbic Muslem people never fight or hate jews...that is historical fact ..and the jews used to live in the Arbic countries...the Westrian World supported you in taking Plastine coz they feel sin about what they did in jews..especially after the 2end world War...sorry they sow jews as a problem in their contries so they sent you away in the Middel East...and do not care that they make the most complex and bloody problem in the human modern history...a lot of people died and suffered becuse of this great problem ..and the blood still go on here in the Middel East..\nand please some one help me really if God really gave the land of Arbic Plastine to the Isreal can any one show me the contrect or the document of buying...????? \n?but Arbic people will never forget their land...even after 100 years i will not forget my home that was taken from me...never...by the way i do not hate jews...i just live in the mad Middle East....\nNOTE:some people tell a BIG LIES here about the the Plastine`s land was empty before 1948...but the dead bodies of the innocent people who were killed by the Ireal proves that this land was not empty....and that really so silly explanation to take the land of Plastine....is that a fair law.... any one find a empty land ..just take and pertend that it was your home that God gave it to you before 4000 years...what a silly lie...
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The answer is partly religious and partly economic.\n\nThe Jews are historically one of the tribes of Israel and the popular belief amongst Christians is that it was the Jews who decided that Jesus (who was himself a Jew) should be put to death by crucifixion. This lead to centuries of dislike of jews by European christians.\n\nAlso from biblical times onwards Jews became prolific traders and merchants throughout Europe and the new worlds, displaying a talent for business, but a reputation for being mean and penny pinching. This is a consequence of any immigrant population becoming succesful in front of the indigineous people. It breeds jealousy.\n\nTherefore as the years rolled on, and jews became more distributed around the world, but simultaenously very succesful in business and politics resentment also built up and they became figures of hate and ridicule in most european countries.\n\nClearly that came very much to a head follwoing the German surrender in the first world war, where many Germans believed that they had been betrayed by Jewish German industrialists, when the German Army hadnt actually been defeated.\n\nThis led to the rise of the Nazi's and the systematic murder of 6 million german jews. Not as often reported but just as horrific was a similar campaign against Jews in Communist Russia. \n\nAfter WW2 the world community decided to give the Jews a homeland, back where they originally came from in a British adminstered area of North Africa called Palestine.\n\nSome of the other Arab tribes, who have now defined themselves as Palestinians took exception to this and have waged a 40 year war against the jews (Israelis). They have been helped in this by just about every other Arab country, but the Israelis have prevailed.\n\nThe sad thing is that Jews and Arabs both have a right to occupy that land as hiostorically thats where they both originated from.
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What,there were 60 million people killed in that war why don`t you interview one of the Russian survivors of the death camps.20million Russians were killed in that war.All you here about is the jews! It is offensive!
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The Jewish people have been quite successful in surviving many centuries of hatred, prejudice and the Holocaust. And maintain an unproportionately high role in society. There are only about 13 million Jews worldwide, about 1% of the total population.\n\nAs a good guideline to a healthy and prosperous lifestyle, I feel the Jewish culture is one worth passing on down to ones children.
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Jewish people go to the same schools, unless they enroll in a religious or private school (which most don't). \n\nThe majority eat pretty much the same food, although Orthodox Jews have some strict dietary laws, and there are some Jewish cultural foods, just as Italians have, ect.\n\nI would really teach your grandchildren about Christianity, but they actually don't need any organized religion, and most of the organized religions, though saying many right things, have lost the way, in my opinion.