Category Archives: Jewish

Jacques Derrida’s Life as an Algerian Jew

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Max West

I just finished Kevin MacDonald’s remarkable The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements (1998). I’ll write a longer review in the future. MacDonald’s thesis is that, from the perspective of group … Continue reading →

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Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Max West

I’m in the middle of reading The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements by Kevin MacDonald. Last week I watched Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy on PBS (video here.) In parallel … Continue reading →

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Jewish Humor

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Max West

Robert Fulford reviews No Joke: Making Jewish Humor (Princeton University Press) Ruth R. Wiss: Irony arises from contradiction and the Jews for many centuries lived a profound contradiction: While believing they were the Chosen People, they were treated as pariahs … Continue reading →

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Are Jews Smarter?

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Max West

Back in 2005, in a lengthy article for NY Magazine entitled “Are Jews Smarter?“, Jennifer Senior writes about the emerging science of population genetics, particularly recent research and theorizing regarding the disproportionality to which Jews have higher IQs and exhibit … Continue reading →

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The Chosen Few: A New Explanation of Jewish Success

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Max West

A basic tenet of HBD is that different races have evolved differently over time, and that discussing such group differences, as empirical phenomena, is part of scientific inquiry. On Paul Solman’s PBS blog, he has an interview of sorts with … Continue reading →

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Jewish Wealth by the Numbers

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Max West

Sailer on Jewish Wealth by the Numbers.

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