The Nobel Prize: Why Have More Than 20% of All Recipients Been Jews?

Although Jews comprise only 0.2% — that’s one-fifth of one percent — of the world’s population, more than one-fifth of all Nobel Prize recipients have been Jewish. To put it another way, 902 Nobel Prizes had been awarded as of 2017, and 203 of those had gone to Jewish people. Jews have won prizes in all six Nobel categories: Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Literature, Economics, and Peace. A number of ideas have been put forth to explain the astounding Jewish presence among Nobel Prize winners. For a succinct rundown of various theories, be sure to read “Nobel Prize and the Jews” from the Canadian Jewish News, linked below.
 
Sources: Wikipedia, Canadian Jewish News
 
Read “Nobel Prize and the Jews,” by Mark Mietkiewicz, from the Canadian Jewish News. >>
 
See a list of Jewish Nobel Prize laureates, including information about the work that garnered them the award, on Wikipedia. >>
 
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