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Category Archives: Ashkenazim
The Ashkenazi Discussion Style (4-11-18)
* I asked a Jew to explain the Ashkenazi discussion style. He said: “Fuck you for framing this in terms of us Jews. Like Hitler. Who do you work for, and do they know they have a Jew-hater working for … Continue reading
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Who Are The Mizrahim?
Ashkenazi Jews have an average IQ around 110, Sephardim around 97 and Mizrahim around 92. Comment: The Middle Eastern Jews are better described as Mizrahi, leaving Sephardic to describe the smaller group of Jews descended from the Spanish and Portuguese … Continue reading
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Real estate company advertises housing project free of non-Ashkenazi Jews
The average Ashkenazi IQ is somewhere between 105-120, the average Sephardic IQ is about 97, and the average Mizrahi IQ is 92. REPORT: The real estate company Bemnuna, which caters to the national-religious community, caused a backlash on Monday when … Continue reading
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Ashkenazi Ancestry
Chaim Amalek writes: Ridiculous. We Yidden are no more “white” than Australian Aborigines are Chinese. I recently had 23andme analysis of my genome, and it showed that not only am I about 2.5% Neanderthal, that that I’m over 10% West … Continue reading
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Ashkenazi Jews and Arabs have very different genes
Arabs often have next to no European ancestry and average IQs around 85 while Ashkenazi average IQs are around 108. Greg Cochran writes in 2014: I’m looking at abstracts on Ashkenazi genetics from ASHG 2013 and SMBE 2014 – by … Continue reading
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JJ: Will Israel’s achievement gap stall the start-up nation?
The Jewish Journal writes: Jewish Israeli students scored 133 points higher than Arab Israeli students on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests in 2012. And even within the Hebrew-speaking group, students from strong socioeconomic backgrounds scored 100 points … Continue reading
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Economist Jonathan Gruber’s Contempt For Americans
From Wikipedia: Gruber was born on September 30, 1965, son of Martin Jay Gruber and Ellie Gruber. His father, Martin, is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business, having been a professor there for … Continue reading
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Are Jews White?
Ashkenazi Jews (about 70% of Jews worldwide) tend to look white and 95 of American Jews identify as white. Eugene Girin writes for VDARE: Another response was shock and disbelief at my mention of the Caucasian racial origin of Jews. … Continue reading
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Mizrahim Vs Sephardic Vs Ashkenazi Life Results In Israel
Mizrahim (Jews from Arab lands) average IQ is about 90, Sephardic average is about 97, Ashkenazi average is about 112, hence their disparate life results and lack of integration. These basic facts of life are missing from this long Mosaic … Continue reading
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Could somebody please explain to me the Ashkenazi discussion style?
As I encounter it, the Ashkenazi discussion style is usually heavy on personal attack tending to the complete and utter destruction of the opposing person, it is usually filled with contempt, “Nazi” is one of the first slurs thrown, and … Continue reading
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