Don't wanna burst your bubble but neil has 0 idea what he's talking about when it comes to the arabic golden age. Which always astounds me. He knows he doesn't have enough data to speak on the subject, but he goes ahead and does it. That's clearly lying no? Someone should give him a nobel prize.

Also here if you're interested. Im no big fan of this guy but at least he does a decent job refuting the BS of NDT https://youtu.be/nfRnYNig9jU

My take on it is (and I'm Jewish myself) we rode on the back of the German/European industrial and scientific revolution. Our population is historically educated and literate, but not scientific. Some parts were wealthy due to a strong history of trading and finance. It was an affluent and succesful, if minority, part of the pre-WW1 European population. As Europe succeded at science - so did the Jews. Bring on the rise of facism in Germany, and you get the Jews who could, leaving and going to other place - most notibly the USA. So.. you take them to a well-funded, scientific favourable country and they keep winning Nobel prizes. Nuclear bombs and rocket science.. perfected in the USA with European talent driving it.

I don't actually think you'll see it happen anymore; as jobs in science aren't as favourable within the Jewish community (outside of Israel) as they have been.