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that the common people followed the example. All this shows 

 that the Jews cannot, even during their most glorious period of 

 their history, be considered to have been a pure race free from 

 foreign blood in their veins. 



A comparison of the Jews with the living non-Jewish Semitic 

 tribes shows that they belong to totally different races of man- 

 kind. The Bedouin Arabs, who are said to have preserved 

 themselves in the purest state are of a totally different type 

 than the modern Jews. They are of dark complexion, and it 

 is very rare to find an Arabian with a fair skin, blond hair and 

 blue eyes. They are above the average stature, averaging i66 

 to 1 68 cm. in height. Their headform is distinctly dolicho- 

 cephalic, with an average cephalic index of 73 to JJ. All this 

 shows that the modern non-Jewish Semites are of distinct Afri- 

 can type. The Jews on the other hand are of an Asiatic type, 

 short of stature, brachycephalic, and in addition present a large 

 proportion of blonds. In fact if the Bedoins are considered 

 the standard Semitic type, then the Jews are not Semites at all. 

 All the measurements taken on modern Jews tend to prove that 

 physically they possess traits akin to those presented by the 

 races and peoples among which they have lived during the last 

 thousand years. The Jews are taller than in countries where 

 the non-Jewish population is tall, and the reverse. In our study 

 we found that stature is considerably influenced by environ- 

 ment, social and economic conditions. But the environment 

 theory does not explain satisfactorily why the Jews in the 

 Bukowina are taller than those in Galicia, or why the Jews in 

 Russian Poland are shorter than those in Little-Russia. It is 

 well known that economic and social conditions of the Jews in 

 the Bukowina are not superior to those in Galicia ; or that in 

 Little-Russia the Jews are employed more often in outdoor 

 occupations than in Russian Poland ; nor is it known that the 

 climate of Roumania, Little-Russia and the Bukowina is especi- 

 ally favorable to growth of the body. The fact that almost 

 everywhere the Jews are shorter by about two to three centi- 

 meters on the average than the Gentiles of the same country 

 accounts for the effects of environment and peculiarity of social 



