For decades. The proportion of Jews who won the Nobel Prize is much higher than that of other nationalities. The advantage of Jews in intellectual orientation activities is closely related to their family education.
Rich cultural background. In the long-term national disaster, Jews left their homes and scattered around the world. They tenaciously maintained their own culture, but also absorbed the cultural essence of the host country. The outstanding scientific creativity of the Jewish nation stems from its unique and open social and cultural ecology. Many Jewish families take the initiative to contact with other ethnic groups and absorb a lot of cultural nutrients from other ethnic groups, which broadens their horizons and enriches their knowledge and nutrients. Oppenheimer, the father of the American atomic bomb, and Fromm, a psychologist, are all scientific talents who broke ground under this complex cultural ecology.
The persistent pursuit of education. A foreign writer wrote: "The knowledge of Jewish families should be highly praised, and non-Jewish families are dwarfed in this respect." This factor forms the basis of all other differences. "Einstein's achievements are also related to the good education he received in his childhood. This is due to his mother's musical influence, his uncle's mathematical enlightenment and his father's emotional education, which encouraged him even after he made a lame bench. According to a survey conducted by UNESCO 1998, in Israel, which is dominated by Jews, Israelis over the age of 14 read one book a month on average. Of the 4.5 million people in China, 1 10,000 people have library cards.
A rational way of thinking. Herbert Brown, an American Jew who won the Nobel Prize, said, "My grandfather often asks me why today is different from other days. He always lets me ask my own questions, find out the reasons myself, and then let me know why. Throughout my childhood, my parents encouraged me to ask questions and never taught me to accept one thing by faith, but to seek truth from everything. I think this is a place where Jewish education is slightly better than others. " Almost every child in a Jewish family has to answer this question: "If one day your house is burned down, what will you run away with?" If the child answers that it is money or diamonds, the mother will further ask: "There is a kind of baby without shape, color and smell. Do you know what it is? " If the child can't answer, the mother will say, "Son, what you want to take away is not money or diamonds, but wisdom." Because no one can take wisdom away, as long as you live, wisdom will always follow you. "The characteristics of Jews' single-minded pursuit of knowledge and unusual use of knowledge to make a living have been passed down from generation to generation.
An eternal state of mind. Jewish families attach importance not only to knowledge, but also to talent. They call people who have only knowledge but no talent "donkeys with many books on their backs". They advocate innovation and think that learning without innovation is only imitation, and learning should be based on thinking, dare to doubt and ask questions at any time. Doubt is the key to wisdom. The more you know, the more doubts you have, and the more questions you have. So many Jewish families meet their children after school, and the first sentence is: "Did you ask questions again?" Some people say that the Jewish people are a nation of philosophers who try to reveal the secrets of nature and mankind. It has become the core of Jewish family education to like to think about macro and deep-seated problems and to like abstraction and logic.
2. Jewish history education: history is actually a record of a national brand. One of the reasons why Jews carefully remember national history is to make Jews scattered around the world aware of Jewish unity in this way. But the greater role of history education is to inspire personality in all directions, which Jews also quite agree with. Therefore, the real sense of history education is not only to emphasize the glory of history, but also to face up to the failure, frustration, persecution and decline in history, and to reflect on and learn from it. In this sense, Jews try to define education as "painful education". They not only tell children that there are joys and happiness in life, but also tell them that there will be darkness and setbacks in life.
Purim Festival (also called Purim Festival) is a costume parade held in February or March every year. In ancient times, Esther, a Jew who became a princess, spared no effort to save the lives of Jews. This festival is to commemorate this period of history.
On Puling Festival, people will play flutes and ring bells, and children and adults will parade in the streets in disguise. Before this happy parade, children must understand the origin of this festival. Esther once gave her life to tell the king a plot to kill Jews. As a result, the principal conspirator was executed, and the Jews saved their lives at the critical moment. Expressing Jewish gratitude is the main purpose of Purim.
Every year1February, there is an 8-day dedication festival. In ancient times, in order to resist the tyranny of Greece, the Maccabees rebelled and restored Jewish autonomy. This festival is to commemorate the uprising. On this festival, people will learn about the history of the desecration of Jerusalem's temple and the denial of Jewish freedom of belief.
Also, two thousand years ago, the Greek army personally destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. To commemorate this event, every August, Jews will review history, hold a one-day hunger strike and pray for the reconstruction of the temple.
In addition, the Jews in Spain were exiled, and the Jews were squeezed by Christians and taxed excessively until the fascist massacre. No matter the size of the incident, as long as it is related to themselves, Jews will investigate it clearly, record it in detail and remember it clearly.
The mission chosen by the Jews is not to let these tragic history repeat itself. The pain of the past is a lesson for the future, so Jews will pass this mission on to the next generation, telling them that they can't adopt a comfortable attitude towards life; Have a sense of responsibility to the nation and the world; Learning history can't just stay in the past, but also open your mind to the future.
A Jewish friend once told me a story about a Jewish father educating his son: a loving father put his 3-year-old son on the window and told him to jump down. The father replied below. The child got carried away and was very happy. The third time, the child jumped down happily, but his father didn't pick him up. The poor child fell to the ground and cried, while the kind father smiled. The child lied to his father and complained why he didn't answer the phone. The son was frightened, and the father coaxed his son: "Why do you think there must be a reason why I picked you up twice before and the third time?" Why do you think that because I am your father, I will definitely help you? "
Of course, this kind of education for children will never be forgotten, but I think it is a bit too cruel. Why do you want to print such a dark and deep notch on a child's young mind? Why do children learn to doubt and hate at such a young age?
My Jewish friend's retort surprised me. He said, "Why can't Jews hold grudges? A nation that has been forced to leave its hometown for thousands of years, a nation that was forced to work cheaply and was slaughtered, and a nation that has been wandering around the world for generations and has a taste of being a man and being worldly, why didn't it have the last right to hold a grudge! "
I was shocked by his logic!
Jews give people the impression that they are struggling, struggling and being strong. Because of the disaster, Jews are looking forward to getting ahead one day. Since the Middle Ages, he has been managing money step by step to make money, and has almost become a wealth manager and businessman all over the world. In this contemporary society where money is everything, how can he be neither red nor rich! Jews standing at the top of the financial circle finally stood proudly and strode into politics, academia and business to preside over world affairs. Being at the bottom of the world for a long time, everyone in the Jewish community has learned to be patient. However, Jews are well aware that education must be emphasized if they want to turn over. Therefore, in the minds of Jews, education is a religion and an iron law, and it is a crime to denigrate education or not to receive education. No matter how poor, boys should be educated. Jews all over the world belong to the same society, and Jews all over the world help poor Jews to study. Jews cherish money, but they are duty-bound in this matter. They can't stand being stingy. Such a miser will be despised by the Jewish nation.
Jews are punctual and trapped in business for generations, knowing that time is the truth of money. Jews are slick, but businessmen dare not be slick. Jews are also stubborn. People will learn to be stubborn when they are rich.
Because of the above characteristics, many people say that Jews are like China. Westerners say they like it, Jews admit that they like it, and China people are happy to say they like it. Compared with westerners who insist on science, both China and Jews attach importance to education, punctuality, wit, understanding, sociability, love of business, conservatism, contempt for women, concern for politics, pragmatism, and being good at compromise without affecting the overall situation, such as have it both ways. They're not just brothers.
But after long contact with Jews, you will find that China is very different from Jews. In many things, Jews are more discerning, more tenacious, more persevering than China, know the truth of unity, and hold everything together; Also, Jews preach openly, preach hatred and hold grudges.
Every year at the end of spring, there are always people on the campus of Columbia University who read names day and night with megaphones. In the past few days, the main road in the middle of the campus has been filled with names in chalk from east to west, which was quite confusing at first. Day and night, everyone takes turns for an hour. This thick and endless list is hardly heard or even noticed. Most outsiders don't know what they are doing. They don't care about ups and downs, and they don't care about exposure to the hot sun. They just read wholeheartedly. Read the name of the deceased in an instant blowing in the wind, and the words written on the ground with chalk will not last long. These things are easy to erase, but the symbolic meaning of this behavior will never be erased.
I think, no one in the world dares to look down upon or ignore this nation, this unforgettable hatred. It's a pity that China people are too smart to do these little things that they know are "useless". I often think that if China people can have this spirit, the Japanese will not dare to admit their mistakes after killing so many people in China. In contrast, the Germans sincerely and fearfully admitted their mistakes. To this day, they are still paying for everything in the war, and the Jews are still boycotting German goods. Jews are determined not to buy even a screw from Germany.
Jews are selfish. And they don't hide this selfishness.
China people are selfish, but they will hide it. They value humility and tolerance, and they are willing to take a longer view, which is good for both people and themselves. Smiling at people, sophisticated, mature and full of incomprehensible human feelings, "Oriental Mysticism" is the place where Jews "play chess" and it is also the most difficult place for westerners to understand.
In business, Jews attach importance to credit and emphasize business ethics, which is genuine; But business is always business, and it is ruthless when it is done. China people are passionate and lingering. Business is not just business. On the surface, it is friendship and mutual understanding. There is always a question mark about the credibility inside. People are full of warmth at first, and then they are nervous. They were angry with their buddies and finally went to court. This is not as good as Jews.
An authentic Jew in Lu Lun District, new york, dressed in black, with a top hat and a small hat, a beard and drooping chest, and his trousers pockets full of tassels. You don't have to worry about doing business with such people. Although some people say that business is tricky, they will never take crooked ways, and what they say will be true. But there is one thing. Up to now, the opposite sex can't shake hands in public, even in business. But it is this nation that breeds feminism and depth bombs. Most feminist theorists are Jews. It is absolutely women who are in charge of the Jewish family. They specialize in all family affairs and children's education. This is the well-known "Jewish mother" system.
Jewish culture is such a strange culture full of contradictions.