Jonathan Entine's New Book

At the American Enterprise Institute luncheon yesterday Jon Entine had the crowd in stitches with his Borchbelt humor. He displayed a cartoon of a tablet-carrying Moses looking incredulously toward the heavens.

"Now, let me get this straight," the bearded figure says. "The Arabs get the oil, and we have to cut off the ends of our what?"
 

For You Goys That Don't Get It

Arabs got the oil, and Jews are obsessed with their penises. But the two AEI scholars soon moved on  kibitzing about a pressing cause: - Why Jews are so doggone smart.
 

Another Book Verifies Jewish Genius

Entine, author of the new book "Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People," argued that genetic mutations gave Jews very high IQs. "If you had one of these mutations" -- such as those that cause Tay-Sachs disease -- "it probably could cause high intelligence," he asserted.
 

Academic Giant Charles Murray Of The Bell Curve Fame

Fellow AEI fellow Charles Murray said "Rigors of Talmudic study drove out the dumb Jews centuries ago, and they became Christians"  Murray, best known for his incendiary book about race and intelligence, "The Bell Curve," explored Jewish smarts in an April article in Commentary titled "Jewish Genius."

Laurie Zoloth

Brought in to rebut the two scholars, Laurie Zoloth of Northwestern University floated an alternative notion: that "Jews are smart because we value learning."

Paul Wolfowitz Is Another Giant

One only needs to spend a moment with AEI visiting fellow Paul Wolfowitz, whose leadership on the Iraq war and conflicts of interest as head of the World Bank demonstrate that Jews are capable.
 

Should Jews Speak Of Their Enlarged Brains

Of more concern: whether Jews should brag about their big brains, even if studies show them to have high intelligence. "You've got to talk about these things carefully," said Murray, who learned the hard way. "Only an Iowan raised as a Presbyterian could get away with talking about Jewish IQ the way I can because Jews get so embarrassed about Jewish IQ: 'We know we're smart but don't tell anyone else.' "
 

Heritage Forum Honors Another Great

Abe Foxman's new book  The Deadliest Lies, was written to refute the Walt-Mearsheimer thesis taht Jews control the American government.

 
 

Entine Points Out The Jewish Greats

He pointed out the Nobel prize winners, like the Mozarts, the Einsteins and even the 1/2 Jewish Schwartzers like Henry Louis Gates Jr., the prominent African American writer and scholar, who had his DNA tested and, Entine said, "found out he's got a Yiddishe mama."

 

 The Ahkazians Versus The Sephardic

Genetic mutations promoted the growth and interconnection of brain cells and have caused Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe to be mentally superior.   "This is highly debated," the author admitted. "You're suggesting there could be a genetic basis to intelligence and it could be found more in one population than another."

 

The Fall Of The Spanish Empire

Charles Murray pushed that Sephardic Jews from Spain were brilliant too.  "You had not only Maimonides . . . you had Jews prominent in business, you had Jews who were advisers to the court," he argued. "Many historians attribute in part the subsequent decline of Spain and Portugal to the fact that they got rid of their Jews." He further credited Jews for the rise of the Netherlands and noted that "one of my thesis advisers at MIT was a Sephardic Jew."

All The Scholars Said That Jews Must Be Cautious

Zoloth avoided a direct challenge to Entine and Murray, only suggesting that nurture may have as much to do with Jewish nature. She also cautioned that conversations about racial differences have "historically turned to hatred" -- including a hatred of Jews.
 

A  Room Full Of Greatness

Rachel Berkowitz ponders,  "What's interesting about this is why we're so mesmerized," Rachel said,  "Why are we so mesmerized by Jews, by the topic of Jewish choosiness?"