At least 139 of the Forbes 400 are Jewish http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/at-least-139-of-the-forbes-400-are-jewish/ See which ones. en-us jberkman@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-05T;21:55:00-05:00 Comment by Rocky rocky2345@hotmail.com Will you be updating the list in October, 2010? Will you be updating the list in October, 2010?

]]> 2011-02-25T;01:28:00-05:00 Comment by Michael Santomauro RePorterNoteBook@Gmail.com In a capitalist society, Wealth = Power and Influence. According to this analysis, 35% of the wealthiest Americans are Jews, while Jews, according to their own estimates comprise merely 1.7% of the population.  This means that Jews are grossly over-represented in the wealthiest category by a factor of over 20 times (35 / 1.7) or 2,000%!  This combined with their over-representation in the media and academia makes a convincing argument for their elite status and helps explain their power and influence.  When this power and influence is used to advocate policies that are detrimental to the non-Jewish population, it legitimizes a focused analysis of Jewish behavior. In a capitalist society, Wealth = Power and Influence.

According to this analysis, 35% of the wealthiest Americans are Jews, while Jews, according to their own estimates comprise merely 1.7% of the population.  This means that Jews are grossly over-represented in the wealthiest category by a factor of over 20 times (35 / 1.7) or 2,000%!  This combined with their over-representation in the media and academia makes a convincing argument for their elite status and helps explain their power and influence.  When this power and influence is used to advocate policies that are detrimental to the non-Jewish population, it legitimizes a focused analysis of Jewish behavior.

]]> 2011-02-25T;01:28:00-05:00 Comment by Mahathir kgmanggol@yahoo.com What better proof of the rabid antisemitism prevalent in the U.S of A when nearly 250 goyim managed to sneak in the 400 Rich List. Abraham Fauxman What better proof of the rabid antisemitism prevalent in the U.S of A when nearly 250 goyim managed to sneak in the 400 Rich List.

Abraham Fauxman

]]> 2011-02-25T;01:28:00-05:00 Comment by Mitchell Krasnopoler mkrasnop@bechtel.com The Bechtels are definitely not Jewish.  Getting an award from a Jewish organization does not count. The Bechtels are definitely not Jewish.  Getting an award from a Jewish organization does not count.

]]> 2011-02-25T;01:28:00-05:00 Comment by I Randolph S. Shiner randy.shiner@gmail.com If this same article were posted on a Neo-Nazi website, we would be shrying like banshees from the depths of hell about how anti-Jewish and horrible this list is. This just goes to prove the point of the anti-Semites, at least in a small way: we are too damned concerned with money, or so the JTA and the Fundermentalist think. That there is some fluff at the beginning about how these people gave their money away, that is their business and no-one else’s.  We Jews are good at getting pissed off at others, but when it turns out that we are pissing on ourselves, we just think it’s raining. For shame on the JTA for allowing this trash into a respectable outlet for Jewish news. This is just bad. If this same article were posted on a Neo-Nazi website, we would be shrying like banshees from the depths of hell about how anti-Jewish and horrible this list is. This just goes to prove the point of the anti-Semites, at least in a small way: we are too damned concerned with money, or so the JTA and the Fundermentalist think. That there is some fluff at the beginning about how these people gave their money away, that is their business and no-one else’s.  We Jews are good at getting pissed off at others, but when it turns out that we are pissing on ourselves, we just think it’s raining. For shame on the JTA for allowing this trash into a respectable outlet for Jewish news. This is just bad.

]]> 2011-02-25T;01:28:00-05:00 Comment by Abraham G Gotman hume34@the-beach.net Why to add more wood to the fire? We should print a list of Jews accomplishment in the arts and sciences that benefits the whole world. Like the research that goes on in Israel in the fields of medicine and technology. Of such type of lists, we Jews, should be proud of, and not which one is richer than the other Abraham G Gotman MD Bal Harbour, Florida Why to add more wood to the fire?
We should print a list of Jews accomplishment in the arts and sciences that benefits the whole world.
Like the research that goes on in Israel in the fields of medicine and technology.
Of such type of lists, we Jews, should be proud of, and not which one is richer than the other
Abraham G Gotman MD
Bal Harbour, Florida

]]> 2011-02-25T;01:28:00-05:00 Comment by Jacob Berkman jberkman@jta.org Thanks for the early Christmas gift Santos… Some explanations: ++ Stephen Bechtel received a humanitarian award from the AJC. http://www.tbp.org/pages/AssnNews/Briefs/BechtelBio.cfm ++ John Catsimatidis, also lit the worlds biggest Chanukah menorah one year, but he is Greek. I meant to delete him before the list went out… ++ You are correct on Lucas. He is Methodist… Mea Culpa. ++ You seem to be correct on Marianne Cargill Liebmann and Donald Schneider as well. All of those names have been deleted… (Though you just cost the Jews several bilion dollars, we aim for accuracy, so thanks) ++ Margaret Whitman, though, I still believe is Jewish. She was ranked one of the worlds most influential Jewish women in 2005, according to this link: http://www.worldjewishnewsagency.org/america.htm ++ I could still be wrong about Arrilaga, but he built a Hillel house at his alma mater, Stanford. http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2008/apr/ziffcenterstanford_15april2008.htm As for the others: ++ I wish you were right about Burkle, but according to the Forward he has widely been described as Jewish, but it is incorrect. http://forward.com/articles/10507/ ++ Frost is on the board of the Miami Jewish Home for the Aged, so could be… ++ Great call on Bloomberg co-founder Charles Zegar. He was married by Rabbi Joel Goor. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/style/weddings-merryl-snow-charles-zegar.html ++ And on Moritz, who is listed on Wikipedia as one of Britain’s famous Jews. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Jews I added Zegar and Moritz to the list. All other corrections are greatly appreciated. As for why I thought this was important? I’ll explain in the next Fundermentalist newsletter. Sign up here for free: http://salsa.jta.org/t/6863/signUp.jsp?key=1179 Thanks for the early Christmas gift Santos…

Some explanations:
++ Stephen Bechtel received a humanitarian award from the AJC.
http://www.tbp.org/pages/AssnNews/Briefs/BechtelBio.cfm
++ John Catsimatidis, also lit the worlds biggest Chanukah menorah one year, but he is Greek. I meant to delete him before the list went out…
++ You are correct on Lucas. He is Methodist… Mea Culpa.
++ You seem to be correct on Marianne Cargill Liebmann and Donald Schneider as well.

All of those names have been deleted… (Though you just cost the Jews several bilion dollars, we aim for accuracy, so thanks)

++ Margaret Whitman, though, I still believe is Jewish. She was ranked one of the worlds most influential Jewish women in 2005, according to this link:
http://www.worldjewishnewsagency.org/america.htm
++ I could still be wrong about Arrilaga, but he built a Hillel house at his alma mater, Stanford. http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2008/apr/ziffcenterstanford_15april2008.htm

As for the others:
++ I wish you were right about Burkle, but according to the Forward he has widely been described as Jewish, but it is incorrect.
http://forward.com/articles/10507/
++ Frost is on the board of the Miami Jewish Home for the Aged, so could be…
++ Great call on Bloomberg co-founder Charles Zegar. He was married by Rabbi Joel Goor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/24/style/weddings-merryl-snow-charles-zegar.html
++ And on Moritz, who is listed on Wikipedia as one of Britain’s famous Jews.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Jews

I added Zegar and Moritz to the list.

All other corrections are greatly appreciated.

As for why I thought this was important?

I’ll explain in the next Fundermentalist newsletter. Sign up here for free:
http://salsa.jta.org/t/6863/signUp.jsp?key=1179

]]> 2011-02-25T;01:28:00-05:00 Comment by danny bloom danbloom@gmail.com You can read teh white supremacist blogs tomorrow that will take your list and write: More Than 25 Percent of Forbes List is Jewish Madoffs Watch! You give aid to the enemy, who cares? And do any of these people on your list practice Judaism and do they even know what GOD means? You can read teh white supremacist blogs tomorrow that will take your list and write:

More Than 25 Percent of Forbes List is Jewish Madoffs

Watch! You give aid to the enemy, who cares? And do any of these people on your list practice Judaism and do they even know what GOD means?

]]> 2011-02-25T;01:28:00-05:00 Comment by danny bloom danbloom@gmail.com i don’t understand this need for ID Jewish rich people. You almost sound like the antisemites, are you aware of that sir? i don’t understand this need for ID Jewish rich people. You almost sound like the antisemites, are you aware of that sir?

]]> 2011-02-25T;01:28:00-05:00 Comment by Santos L Halper santoslhalperfan@yahoo.com Jacob, I appreciate that this is a challenging task if you aren’t familiar with many of the persons on the Forbes list but at first glace it would appear that a lot of the people on the above list are not Jewish (even using the criteria you mention).  Here are the names on your list that I found surprising, excluding the ones with asterisks (read: whom I do not think are Jewish): Riley P. Bechtel Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. George Lucas Marianne Cargill Liebmann Donald Schneider John Catsimatidis Margaret Whitman John Arrillaga Amongst those with asterisks, here is my take: Charles Ergen—Yes Warren Stephens—No Mitchell Rales—Yes Steven Rales—Yes Steve Wynn—Yes William Gross—Yes John Morgridge—No Ken Fisher—Yes John E. Abele—No Joseph Mansueto—No A. James Clark—No Alan Gerry—Yes (unsure) The following people on the list above I think deserve additional explanation: Larry Page (Jewish mother) Steven Ballmer (Jewish mother) Nicolas Berggruen (Jewish father) Daniel Ziff, Dirk Ziff, Robert Ziff—the brothers have a Jewish grandfather.  I am not sure about John Sperling, Peter Sperling, or Jeremy Jacobs Sr. Names that could be missing from the above list include: Ronald Burkle Phillip Frost Michael Moritz Charles Zegar Let me know if I can be of additional assistance. Jacob,

I appreciate that this is a challenging task if you aren’t familiar with many of the persons on the Forbes list but at first glace it would appear that a lot of the people on the above list are not Jewish (even using the criteria you mention). 

Here are the names on your list that I found surprising, excluding the ones with asterisks (read: whom I do not think are Jewish):

Riley P. Bechtel
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr.
George Lucas
Marianne Cargill Liebmann
Donald Schneider
John Catsimatidis
Margaret Whitman
John Arrillaga

Amongst those with asterisks, here is my take:

Charles Ergen—Yes
Warren Stephens—No
Mitchell Rales—Yes
Steven Rales—Yes
Steve Wynn—Yes
William Gross—Yes
John Morgridge—No
Ken Fisher—Yes
John E. Abele—No
Joseph Mansueto—No
A. James Clark—No
Alan Gerry—Yes (unsure)

The following people on the list above I think deserve additional explanation:

Larry Page (Jewish mother)
Steven Ballmer (Jewish mother)
Nicolas Berggruen (Jewish father)
Daniel Ziff, Dirk Ziff, Robert Ziff—the brothers have a Jewish grandfather. 

I am not sure about John Sperling, Peter Sperling, or Jeremy Jacobs Sr.

Names that could be missing from the above list include:

Ronald Burkle
Phillip Frost
Michael Moritz
Charles Zegar

Let me know if I can be of additional assistance.

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