Quote: (07-14-2015 02:09 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:
Quote: (07-14-2015 01:52 PM)Professor Fox Wrote:
Quote: (07-14-2015 01:39 PM)Blick Mang Wrote:
Other than wealth and political influence, I will give a rep point to whoever identifies the most common denominator among the people in that photo.
You don't have to look very far.
hahahaha And I'm a jew!
But seriously, at least 5 of them have clearly Jewish names and the other ones probably have a Jewish connection (spouse, half-jewish etc.).
Obama might as well convert and have his daughters go through Bat Mitzvahs.
The main connection between the people in that photo (from a few posts back) is massive wealth, not religion. It's old and new money.
Here is info about four of the people pictured:
Steve Jobs was born to a Muslim father and Catholic mother. He wasn't raised by a Jewish family. Nor did he convert to Judaism later in life.
John Hennessey, the Stanford president, is Irish -- as his name suggests. But he comes out and says that in this speech.
I can't find a religion for John Chambers, president of Cisco. But he's definitely not listed as Jewish and was raised in West Virginia by parents named "John and June," so I'd guess something like Methodist or Presbyterian.
Finally, John Doerr from Kleiner is listed as "Christian" on his Wikipedia page and that reference is sourced.
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Just for the record, my ex-wife is Jewish. I know the culture pretty well and there are some rabid conservatives in it, like Dennis Prager and David Berkowitz.