The Jewish Phenomenon: Seven Keys to the Enduring Wealth of a People
Spielberg, Brin, Dell, Seinfeld—phenomenally successful . . . and Jewish. Why have Jews risen to the top of the business and professional world in numbers staggeringly out of proportion to their percentage of the American population? Steven Silbiger has the answer. Based on the author's synthesis of wide reading and research, The Jewish Phenomenon sets forth seven principles that form the bedrock of Jewish financial success. With startling statistics, a wealth of anecdotes, and the...
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With truly startling statistics and a wealth of anecdotes, Silbiger reveals the cultural principles that form the bedrock of Jewish success in America.
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 11 Understand That Real Wealth Is Portable; It's Knowledge 212 Take Care of Your Own and They Will Take Care of You 353 Successful People are Professionals and Entrepreneurs 534 Develop Your Verbal Confidence 875 Be Selectively Extravagant but Prudently Frugal 1076 Celebrate Individuality: Encourage Creativity 1277 Have Something to Prove: A Drive to Succeed 157Appendix 1 Yiddish: "Can't Spell it, Can't Pronounce it, and Don't Get it" 175Appendix 2 Hebrew: Fifty Helpful Vocabulary Words 191Appendix 3 Ten Yiddish Proverbs 195Appendix 4 The Jewish Calendar and Jewish Holidays 197Notes 201Humor Sources 209Index 211
\ Chicago Jewish StarSilbiger has written a lively account that entertains and will get you thinking (again!) about its ever-fascinating subject matter.\ \
