Jewish? Not Jewish?

I have no idea how much of the following is correct. It came via BenS and Bessie.

> When Paul Newman died, they said how great he was but they failed to mention he considered himself Jewish (born half-Jewish).

> When the woman (Helen Suzman) who helped Nelson Mandela died recently, they said how great she was, but they failed to mention she was Jewish.

> On the other side of the equation, when Ivan Boesky or Andrew Fastow or Bernie Madoff committed fraud, almost every article mentioned they were Jewish.

> However, when Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, Martha Stewart, Randy Cunningham, Gov. Edwards, Conrad Black, Senator Keating, Gov Ryan, and Gov Blagojevich messed up; no one reported what religion or denomination they were, because they were not Jewish.

> This is a reminder of a famous Einstein quote:
  In 1921, Albert Einstein presented a paper on his then-infant Theory of Relativity at the Sorbonne, the prestigious French university.
  "If I am proved correct," he said, "the Germans will call me a German, the Swiss will call me a Swiss citizen, and the French will call me a great scientist.
"If relativity is proved wrong, the French will call me a Swiss,
the Swiss will call me a German, and the Germans will call me a Jew".

Comments

[KipEsquire]

Well, Madoff's Judaism is certainly relevant because he made a specfic point of targeting other Jews, often overtly playing the "You can trust another Jew..." card.

[Chris C]

Too anecdotal...needs some research.

[Baller]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdQbD5Ko_v0