Ashkenazi Jewish intelligence

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Ashkenazi Jewish intelligence, Ashkenazi intelligence, or Jewish genius is a stereotype of Jews that is related to the historical race and intelligence controversy. It asserts that Ashkenazi Jews, who are a sub-group of the Jewish diaspora that coalesced in Central and Eastern Europe, tend to exhibit notably higher levels of intelligence than other ethnic groups. While some measures have indicated that Ashkenazi Jews are over-represented in creative and intellectual fields or over-perform on some cognitive tests, the contention that these measures indicate an actual intelligence advantage has been disputed and widely criticized. Controversial studies purporting to explain this phenomenon as an effect of genetic differences have been met with broad-based criticism from mainstream science.

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