Ashkenazi Jews are descended from the medieval Jewish communities living along the Rhine River in Western Germany. They comprise 80 % of the Jews alive today. They are smart....brilliant in fact.....with greater brain power than the bulk of the human population. Their median IQ is calculated at 117, 10 points higher than their closest rivals the Northeast

Asians and almost 20% higher than the global average. Since 1950, 29% of the Nobel Prizes have gone to Ashkenazim who comprise only 0.25% of humanity. They represent 30% of faculty at elite colleges, 21% of Ivy League students, 23% of the wealthiest Americans, and 38% of the Oscar-winning film directors. This lecture surveys their history, accomplishments and contains many photos and
items of interest.