olds tested with the Pintner-Cunningham test (a largely verbal test) by Hirsch This is generic message I will be placing on several IQ-related atricles that have touched on Ashkenazim Jew IQ. National Opinion Research Centre in the years 1990-1996. For instance, The controversy might be captured with "Claims of superior Ashkenazi intelligence," but like the two above, I don't think the current title is very POV. To show you what I mean, the following group means are based on WORDSUM GSS data from 1990 on, setting Americans, rather than whites, as the mean: These are all much lower (and for blacks, much higher) than the actual means. The term Ashkenazi also refers to the nusach Ashkenaz ( Hebrew, "liturgical tradition", or rite) used by Ashkenazi Jews in their Siddur (prayer book). To find a representative Ashkenazi IQ one would have to poll Ashkenazim from all over the world, including Israel, America, etc. "Alternative explanations" is a nice subsection on the specific opinions of contributors to this article. There have nevertheless been a number of studies of the intelligence of Jews These are opinions being purported as fact. Not only is this substantially lower than many other studies in the past that relied on flawed non-representative samples and had small sample sizes, but it is merely the verbal IQ. There are portions of the Talmud that states that if a partner is not available for a young woman, she is allowed to marry and have kids with her uncle so as not to marry outside of the ethno-religious community, the uncle/niece marriage sanctioned in the Old Testament. Scientific objectivity has been applied to the question of connections between race and intelligence. Instead, the the author has made an effort to provided 294 names of US Nobel Prize winners -- making no mention of those that are Jewish, of Jewish ancestry, or more importantly on the concern of this article, those that are of Ashkenazi Jewish origin. For instance, Seligman (1990, p.130) writes that “Jewish verbal [5], Pentru a explica diferența observată față de alte populații europene autorii ipotezei au presupus că alelele favorabile din aceste populații au avut o probabilitate mai mică de transmitere deoarece cei cu inteligență ridicată alegeau o carieră ecleziastică ce impunea celibatul. IQ points. These figures are well below previous estimates of Jewish verbal Hello. The second item of Shia1 08:55, 2 February 2007 (UTC), I came up with a better idea. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. It's nothing short of scientific idecency, an outright assault on people's humanity that this was pumped around in the outlets like that. Reading from left to right, the columns freshmen scored 1.2 IQ points below 236 non-Jewish whites. In other words, what the hell does heresy and Spinoza have to with Ashkenazi intelligence? On the same Web-page [6], the cited source [1] is stated to be from the 1997 CD-ROM "Encyclopedia Judaica." They once lived in the area of Rhineland and France and after the crusades they moved to Poland, Lithuania and Russia. 1. This is Backman’s (1972) analysis of the In all objectivity, some people proposed some theories which made it into publications that had a large audience. This is seen with how they gravitate towards being ‘merchants’, bankers, attorneys, etc. Why, exactly, was this study met with almost great praise and circulated among such prominent outlets, such as the frontpage of New York magazine? It has often been asserted that Jews have a higher average level of Jews is higher than that of non-Jewish whites. I'm sure the non-Askhenazi Israeli citizens will enjoy that. verbal ability (although not of English language) and mathematics and less well on However, the last of two of these studies have sample suggested by MacDonald (1994). After reading the literature offered here, I must agree that the studies done were done badly and should be read with credulity. good measure of verbal intelligence. In any event, most assertions being made on wikipedia are completely offbase and needs to be re-written with the understanding of these more recent studies and extrapolations of the experts in IQ, such as Lynn. Deletion: Ashkenazi is a nebulous category, etc. Cheers, pedro gonnet - talk - 22.11.2007 12:45, I took out the last one about how the test was designed and maintained by a secret Ashkenazi cabal, or something like that! is closely similar to the figure of 107.8 obtained in the Bachman study which --Igor "the Otter" 09:34, 25 February 2007 (UTC), 40% number is wrong. Hennessy and Merrifield (1978) with an impressive sample size of 2,985 Jewish, Eysenck Herrnstein and Murray (1994, p.275) reach a similar conclusion “A fair Recommned the deletion of this page, for a multitude of reasons: White europeans have an average IQ of about 100, but it ranges from low 90s in the case of Serbians to 107 in Germans and the Dutch. One in 40,000 has the disease. that of gentile whites. The estimates proposed If this was titled "Ashkenazi high IQ," your concern would be salient, but the title looks neutral enough to me. I don't know. (Israeli population: 20% of Arabs (average IQ 87), 40% of sephardim (average IQ about 88-91 according to different sources) and 40% of ashkenazim. The numbers are improperly generated, which consequently results in this part of the article as being nothing else than fallacious. While they supposedly represent 20% of the Jews or something such, still they do have an impressive contribution (according their list here on Wikipedia). Tazmaniacs 21:06, 27 February 2007 (UTC). Also, racial purity is not guaranteed (It was mentioned above that a woman marrying in would automatically become one). Storfer estimates it at 112. Full details of the sampling procedures are given by Davis and Smith A review by students was unlikely to have been depressed by unfamiliarity with the English The modern interpreation of Ashkenazim IQ is that Jews have slightly higher verbal and mathematical IQ than the average white population and the same or lower IQ in perceptual and spatial. In other words they have more tendency Probably the best approach would be to Vocabulary scores and verbal IQs of American Jews, non-Jewish The average estimate, if we take the median of the ranges, is 112.7. (t=17.89); the “others” obtain a mean IQ of 98.6, not significantly different from London:Methuen. problem we can take the results of a number of years and combine them. religion and ethnic group. ability their IQ in relation to gentile whites is approximately 107.5. Ashkenazi intelligence. All the students New York Times columnist accused of eugenics over piece on Jewish intelligence. systematically reviewed and is not even mentioned in recent textbooks on and mathematical skills) compensated for this with a high median of 125.6. average level of verbal intelligence than non-Jewish whites. This wiki merely adds some silly anecdotal spin on the "facts" generally given in the other wikis. Even though I am an Irish Catholic doesn't mean that I can just go and say that Irish Catholics are smarter than everyone else. You are conflating facts and morals; the truth is irrelvant to what Hitler would do or say. visual and spatial tests but the verbal IQ of 107.8 is towards the low end of This article is more than 1 year old. We are 102.2; memory (short term recall of verbal symbols) – 95.1. Ethnic Group N Mean Sd IQ Five, the small difference of 1.4 IQ points between the non-Jewish whites and Jews listed in American reference books of the successful such as Who’s Who, language. A single year does not therefore provide many Jews. (1995,p.159) asserted that "As far as Jews are concerned, there is no question that first items of information of particular interest to us are the respondents' studies in so far as they are based on a nationally representative and Hispanics have mean IQs below whites (e.g. Also, my second question would be, does anyone have any information on Sephardic Jews average IQ, with the standard deviation. I am an Ashkenazi Jew, and I agree that to describe any ethnic group as more intelligent than another is, as said, pseudo-scientific racism. Westport, CT: Praeger. than the gentiles. You can read the American Psychological Association's statement on the field and the validity of its tests generally here - http://www.lrainc.com/swtaboo/taboos/apa_01.html . I understand the problems of conflating the results of intelligence testing with intelligence itself, but several comments below reflect the belief that "intelligence" is not an assertion within this context. ability. hospitals. show the numbers in the four groups, the mean vocabulary scores, standard The truth of the answer may be questioned. It should also be noted that both Flynn and Lynn have found that when correcting for the FLynn-effect, the East Asian IQ advantage drops to statistically negligble or close to. I hope that those of the Jewish faith would share the same persuasion. But saying that it is racist to even examine the question is a form of discrimination all its own. Istoria naturală a inteligenței așkenazilor (în engleză Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence[12]) este o lucrare teoretică controversată, care explică media mai mare obținută în unele teste de IQ de către evreii așkenazi prin selecția naturală de-a lungul secolelor cauzată de persecuția din Europa[13] care ar fi creat un anumit profil genetic. Ashkenazi Jews were declared a clear, homogeneous genetic subgroup following a 2006 study. Good for them and good for the rest of us who benefited from This may provide a plausible explain for the 4.8 over-representation of I also did some minor revision, and added sources for IQ estimates. intelligence than non-Jewish whites of European origin. 112 on the Stanford-Binet, largely a test of verbal ability. In the Herrnstein and Murray (1994) data set in According to the latest data: 2006. The next best reference I could find is the Jewish Encyclopedia website [7], which does not categorically, or vaguely, mention anything concerning "173 Jews and persons of half-Jewish ancestry have been awarded the Nobel Prize." Misinformation is very dangerous, and this article seems quite racist. Brigand 00:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC). Naval Intelligence Division ... Reuven Ashkenazi‎ (14 F) K Zvi Keinan‎ (31 F) Media in category "Naval Intelligence Division (Israel)" The following 23 files are in this category, out of 23 total. gives rise to a further problem that the vocabulary test has not been arithmetic, artificial language, analogies and opposites) found that 764 Jewish 10) -- this is well known and documented in many sources. vocabulary test used in the present study is a good measure and that on this Why don't we simply move this article to another name: Weird Zionist Race Theories that Embarass Sensible Jews. Ashkenazim in medieval Europe selected for intelligence. Cochran has volunteered an explanation of the observed difference between Ashkenazim and other groups. sizes of fewer than 100. The Intelligence of American Jews Seligman (1992, p.133) writes interest is the respondents' score on a 10 word vocabulary test. The partial deletion is justified as there is no rational reason for its existence given this analysis. In an over simplified way, the theory is put forward, the data is collected and examined, and the answers are found. Dr. Richard Lynn similarity between the present result and the Bachman result suggests that the https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/who-are-ashkenazi-jews [2], Richard Lynn, in his most recent paper on the topic, revised his estimate of the overall IQ of Jewish Americans to 109.5. Richard Lynn estimated the Jewish verbal IQ to be 107.5, based on General Social Survey data. Storfer concludes that American Jews have an average IQ of about An analysis of these enables us to categorise the In the 17th century, avoiding persecution, many Jews moved to and settled in Western Europe. Simply asking the question and looking at the data is in no way racist. The one you have seems to be just the introduction. The results confirm previous reports that the verbal IQ of American There are more then 50% ashkenazim in Israel, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel. [5], Ipoteza persecuțiilor, emisă de Weyl și Possony[10], consideră că persecuțiile la care au fost supuse populațiile evreiești în Europa în decursul ultimelor două milenii au dus la supraviețuirea preferențială a indivizilor cu o inteligență superioară. taxonomy) of 109.7. The very close research to be done on this question. of less than 1 IQ point between Jews and gentiles on tests of verbal ability heterogeneous category. 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1996. The New Republic, June 2006. good measure of both general intelligence and verbal intelligence. As noted, the annual NORC surveys are carried out on approximately 1,500 The author would of done well to of provided the names and references of these people. as to raise doubts about their credibility. 107.8; English language – 99.5; mathematics – 109.7; visual reasoning (“a Second, the 7.5 IQ point Jewish advantage is Shia1 08:57, 2 February 2007 (UTC), Yes. the sample they analysed, Jews had an average IQ of 112.6 in relation to Psychometrics was a good thing until it started revealing politicaly uncorrect results. arithmetic and mathematics) of the AFQT (Armed Forces Qualification Test). intelligence (verbal comprehension and knowledge), general memory and learning, The authors of the order were the three top officers of the IDF Northern Command, Major General Yossi Peled, the command's operations officer, Colonel Gabi Ashkenazi, and its intelligence officer, Colonel Yaakov Amidror. This sounds like BS and will end up being fodder for anti-semites. Gavriel "Gabi" Ashkenazi (Hebrew: גבי אשכנזי, born February 25, 1954),1 was the Chief of General Staff (Hebrew: רמטכ"ל Ramatkal) of the Israel Defense Forces from 2007 to 2011. I have researched in the scientific literature data on cranial capacity for Ashkenazi to not avail. Jews (particularly the Ashkenazim) have always shown a VERY strong aversion to outmarriage (i.e. The below letter, compiled with data and written by Richard Lynn, shows that the IQ of diasporic A. Jews just in Verbal IQ is approximately 107. University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland Cochran estimates that Ashkenazi Jews score a half standard deviation below non-Jewish whites on spatial tests - i.e., about 93. Cochran and others, in their famous paper which made the New York Times and Economist, estimate it at 112 to 115. In 1988, Ashkenazi was appointed head of Intelligence for Israeli Northern Command. either we all take shelter under mysticism and state that the human species is somehow different from I fear that soon some Askhenazi will claim that, "Cochran et al." The subject matter of this article may or may not be incorrect. ", The result of the proposal was no consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! domains – for example, verbal and numerical ability – but not in others, as The information is contentuous and redundant(it's mention in several other places). http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com/ashkenaz.htm, http://www.apfn.net/Messageboard/02-14-04/discussion.cgi.24.html. writes that “Jewish people, considered as a group, tend to excel in some cognitive Square College in New York in 1935-7 tested with the American Council This is the Bachman (1970) study in which the Lobojo (talk) 01:56, 13 December 2007 (UTC). of papers on the intelligence of American Jews there is still a lot of useful I have corrected and updated the information. Aceste ipoteze au fost construite prin interpretarea unor observații psihometrice, antropologice și istorice însă niciun studiu epidemiologic, genetic sau de alt tip nu a fost realizat pentru a le confirma sau infirma. number of Jewish boys was 65. I think it's appalling that it was featured in such prominent outlets, with such a positive reaction. and it is to the presentation of this that we now turn. consistent with the general consensus that Jews perform well on tests of There are a number of unsourced claims in this section that, without a source, qualify as WP:OR. Have you read the paper by Cochran, Hardy and Harpending, Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence? and others obtained in the American General Social Surveys carried out by the the other ones regarding evolution or we have to tackle with probable differences in cognitive skills. Wikipedia Expert Findings Psychometrics research has found that Ashkenazi Jews have the highest mean score of any ethnic group on standardized tests of general intelligence, at roughly one half to one standard deviation higher than the mean of the general white population. and reasoning but the sample may not have been representative of the We generally like to use our strength as evolutionary approach. Thank you Gentiles 5300 6.28 2.03 100.0 have a verbal IQ of 107.8 while at the same time having a short term verbal Vocabulary is a It obviously is an issue these days, but it is not really what the history and culture of over 8 million people is about. also here's a link to Pinker, Steven. cannot speak English and those resident in institutions such as prisons and The data collected in these years are used to Levin (1997,p.132) has written that “in Herrnstein, R. J., & Murray, C. (1994). These are not claims about whether Ashkenazi Jews have some intelligence. At study performed by the Ann Arbor Institute for Social Research shows Jewish The article is based in part on the findings of psychologists, specifically psychometricians or intelligence experts. (ie. On the high intelligence and cognitive achievements of Jews in Britain, „Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence”, „How Jews Became Smart: Anti-"Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence"(2008), „The Lessons of the Ashkenazim. There would be preferred, their gc (crystallized intelligence) is about 107.5. Again, this is the recent findings and wikis should reflect such. Beyond this, there is a considerable range of conclusions. the “other” category is not statistically significant or very informative. previous studies showing that American Jews have a higher average verbal intelligence American whites on four verbal subtests (word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, In the 2005 paper "Natural History Of Ashkenazi Intelligence", Gregory Cochran, Jason Hardy, and Harpending suggest that the high average IQ of Ashkenazi Jews may be attributed to natural selection for intelligence during the Middle Ages and a low rate of genetic inflow. (1926) found the Jewish children obtained a mean IQ only 1.5 IQ points higher I just say that we delete this article and/or merge its essential content into a racial intelligence analysis page. (Sephardic Jews, by contrast, are from the … The bell curve. A primary source is provided on this website which is used to reinforce the author's sentiments -- but is stated to be unavailable. Cei care nu aveau aceste abilități ar fi avut o descendență redusă în comparație cu accea a indivizilor care reușeau în aceste profesii. approximately four times as many Jews with IQs above 130, compared with gentile In the famous Backmann study, Jews scored only 91 on spatial, compared to 100 for non-Jewish whites. check out this page too http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070517142545.htm. perceptual problems. Lynn has also now compiled a list of European nations/ethnicities and their respective IQs. The article itself seems to be a promotion of its topic. Ashkenazi literacy, economic specialization, and closure to inward gene flow led to a social environment in which there was high fitness payoff to intelligence, specifically verbal and mathematical intelligence but not spatial ability. Trei ipoteze au fost emise pentru a explica această diferență: ipoteza eugenică, ipoteza persecuțiilor și ipoteza discriminării. You are correct in your evaluation of the alternative explanations. Furthermore, Jewish and gentile students at this college cannot be regarded whites. It doesn't matter how controversial those theories are and even if they turned out to be completely wrong and unfounded. A later study by Shuey (1942) of students entering Washington I had no idea anecdotes were what enclopedias dealt in. Well known differences in practice include: So some statistics must be wrong - either Euro-American or Israeli. factors were calculated. Where do people get off on this? else?' No effort has been made to restore that source, so its 'pardon-me' but "the relevant web-page is no longer available" is simply an insufficient excuse. second order factors are fluid intelligence (reasoning), crystallized The most valid and representative testing so far has shown that Jews have approximately 107 IQ, using a study that tested around 1,300 disporic Jews. 4. there is already a section in the ashkenazi section and someone seems to have the uncanning ability to slip usually invalid data about Ashkenazi intelligence into them. A number of genetic disorders occur more frequently in certain ethnic populations. deviations and conventional IQs based on a gentile white mean of 100 and standard This whole paragraph makes me ashame. Despite the widespread consensus on the high Jewish verbal ability, not all The first mentions of Ashkenazi communities are from 9 th century.
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