Comment by creativeone

I am interested in this generally, and wasn't sure if it was appropriate to ask, but after reading the wikipedia page about her religious background, I think its ok, as Vera seems to be an observant Jew. In her opinion, why are Jews so heavily involved with physics? And why does she think they are so successful in the field (something like 40% of physics nobels are given to someone with at lea one Jewish parent. She has clearly given her own family a strong drive for academics (4 kids, 4 PhDs), I wanted to know if that was the same for other Jews in her space or some other reason. Sorry I don't have a more technical question.