The Chosen People: A Study of Jewish Intelligence and Achievement

417 Pages·2011·4.999 MB·English

by  Richard Lynn

THE CHOSEN PEOPLE
A Study of Jewish Intelligence
and Achievement
Richard Lynn
Advance Praise for The Chosen People
“Even as we attain greater and greater insights into the tangled web of
‘nature’ and ‘nurture,’ society stubbornly refuses to concede humankind’s
conformity as an animal species to the ongoing process of evolution. It
instead imposes a mythological worldview almost entirely divorced from
science: indeed, we see no contradiction in celebrating cultural diversity
while simultaneously suppressing even a mention of genetic variance.
“Undaunted, Richard Lynn has with The Chosen People accomplished
a yeoman’s task in summing up work done thus far on Jewish intelligence.
Given the disparate nature of the manystudiesthat he cites, the relationship
of intelligence to IQ is often problematic, and intelligence itself is but
one piece in a complex mosaic, but this courageous and dispassionate
book provides a platform for the study of a topic that is of considerable
importance on the scientific plane, and-for the sophisticated reader-of
even greater importance in the world of politics.”
John Glad, author of Jewish Eugenics
“In The Chosen People, Professor Lynn has shown once again his
talent for combining exhaustive research with daring scholarship. He is
also an engaging writer, which is a quality in short supply among those
who do detailed statistical work. Like his earlier books, this monograph
should be read by anyone who is interested in the relation between
innate intelligence and professional and social achievements. We ignore
this historically significant subject at our peril and at the cost of future
generations.”
Paul E. Gottfried, Elizabethtown College
“Professor Richard Lynn’s work addresses dispassionately and
objectively the question of why Jews have been so remarkably successful
as intellectuals and in professional and managerial life. Using a wealth of
statistics and commentary from many different countries and societies,
he demonstrates their success over and over again. Because of the odious
uses to which the Nazis and their ilk put eugenically-based arguments,
Jews and others have often been reluctant to engage in debating this
question. Professor Lynn shows that this question ought to be addressed,
and that it can be addressed objectively by philo-semites favourable to
the Jews as well as by anti-semites who are hostile to them.”
William D. Rubinstein, University of Aberystwyth

The Chosen
People
A Study of Jewish Intelligence
and Achievement
Richard Lynn
WSP
Washington Summit Publishers
A National Policy Institute Book
2011
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Lynn, Richard, 1930-
The chosen people: a study of Jewish intelligence and achievement/
Richard Lynn.—1st ed.
p.cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59368-036-7
1.1. Jewish history 2. Human genetics 3. Human evolution I. Title.
2011932717
Printed in the United States of America
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To Joyce,
Ho tante cose che ti voglio dire
O una sola,
Ma grande come il mare,
Come il mare profonda ed infinita...
Sei il mio amore e tutta la mia vita.
Mimi, La Loh[me
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Louis Andrews and Richard Spencer (and his
colleagues) for their expert editing; to all my Jewish friends for
their comments and input; and to my wife, Joyce, for allowing me to
disappear to my study to work on the book.
Richard Lynn
Bodrum, Turkey, 2011
Contents
1. Introduction l
2. The Four Jewish Peoples 21
3. Australia 33
4. Austria and Hungary 41
5. Benelux 57
6. Britain 71
7. Canada 97
8. Denmark 111
9. France 117
10. Germany 131
11. Israel 149
12. Italy 181
13. Latin America 191
14. Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia 203
15. Russia 213
16. South Africa 237
17. Switzerland 245
18. The Balkans 253
19. United States 271
20. Theories of Jewish Intelligence 315
21. Conclusions 341
References 361
Index 389
Biographical information 407

C l
hapter
Introduction
1. Jewish Intelligence
2. Jewish Achievement in Historical Times
3. Jewish Achievements in Different Domains
4. Theories of Jewish Success
5. Definition oflntelligence
From the early 19th century, the Jews have been a remarkably successful
people. Up to this time, Jews were discriminated against throughout
virtually the whole of Europe, and their opportunities for achievement were
severely limited. Except in the Balkans, they were not permitted to attend
universities; they thus could not acquire the qualifications to practice as
physicians and lawyers nor the education and skills required for success
in science and mathematics. Most Jews in Eastern, Central, and Northern
Europe spoke Yiddish, so they could not achieve much in philosophy and
literature in a language that Gentile Europeans could understand.
In the first decade of the 19th century, the Jews were emancipated
in France, and then throughout much of Europe, by Napoleon; during
the course of the century, Jews were further emancipated in Britain,
Russia, and Poland. Freed from the former restrictions, from the
middle decades of the century on, Jews began to do conspicuously