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Jewish accomplishments:

A transition from an agrarian society to trades requiring literacy.
The Chosen Few: How education shaped Jewish history 70-1492, by Maristella Botticini , Zvi Eckstein, 2012 A New Explanation of Jewish Success | PBS

2 trends after the fall of the temple in 70CE.

  1. The growth and spread of literacy among the predominantly rural Jewish population.
  2. A slow but significant process of conversion out of Judaism (mainly into Christianity) which, caused a significant fall in the Jewish population — from 5.5 million circa 65 to roughly 1.2 million circa 650.
Between 750 and 900, almost all the Jews in Mesopotamia and Persia — nearly 75 percent of the world’s remaining 1.2 million Jews — left agriculture, moved to the cities and towns of the newly established Abbasid Empire, and entered myriad skilled occupations that provided higher earnings than as farmers.
Between 750 and 900, almost all the Jews in Mesopotamia and Persia — nearly 75 percent of the world’s remaining 1.2 million Jews — left agriculture, moved to the cities and towns n search of worldwide opportunities in crafts, trade, commerce, moneylending, banking, finance, and medicine.
Corporate management:
In the early twentieth century, a dense corporate network was created among the large German corporations ("Germany Inc."). About 16% of the members of this corporate network were of Jewish background. At the center of the network (big linkers) about 25% were Jewish. The percentage of Jews in the general population was less than 1% in 1914.
Science:
Between 1901 and 2022, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to more than 900 individuals and organizations. At least 213 (24%) of them have been to people who are believed to be Jewish or raised Jewish.
Politics:
American Jews in Politics | Wikipedia>
Many early American German-Jewish immigrants to the United States tended to be politically conservative, but the wave of Eastern European Jews, starting in the early 1880s, were generally more liberal or left-wing, and eventually became the political majority. 
Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State 
Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury 
James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
Dianne Feinstein, Senator
Barbara Boxer, Senator
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice
Bernie Sanders, Senator 
Joe Lieberman, Senator
Chuck Schumer, Senator
Many more: Jewish Political Milestones in the United States ,| JewishVirtualLibrary
Business:
Businessmen who pushed success a little too far and ended up in jail
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last updated 27 Nov 2023

With a limited sample of Jewish friends from work, organizations and recreation I'd rank Jews at the top also. I have been to three Passover Seders.
I'd rank Muslims I've known higher than evangelical Christions also. Links:

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