The Top 10 Unofficial Commandments

1. Thou shalt never put up a Christmas tree.
2. Thou shalt never pay retail.
3. Thou shalt earn a either an M.D., J.D., Ph.D., or M.B.A.
4. Thou shalt eat Chinese food on Christmas.
5. If putting up any kind of lights during the month of December, thou shalt only put up blue and white lights.
6. Thou shalt prefer mustard to mayonnaise on all of your sandwiches.
7. Thou shalt not eat Wonder Bread.
8. Thou shalt register on JDate at least once in your life.
9. Thou shalt complain about the taste of Manischewitz wine.
10. Thou shalt laugh at newscasters who mispronounce Jewish holiday names.

Top 10 Jewish Bankers, Investors, and Money Gurus

1. Mayer Amschel Rothschild: Founder of the Rothschild banking family dynasty. 
2. Marcus Goldman and Samuel Sachs: Founders of Goldman Sachs, a huge investment banking firm. 
3. Paul Wolfowitz: Former president of the World Bank (2005 – 2007). 
4. George Soros: Founded Soros Fund Management, now the Quantum Fund. 
5. Henry Lehman: Founder of Lehman Brothers (went bankrupt in 2008). 
6. Henry Wollman and Richard Bloch: Founders of H&R Block. 
7. Michael Milken: Made millions during the 1970s and 1980s as the “Junk Bond King.” 
8. Carl Icahn: Founded Icahn & Co., focusing on risk arbitrage and options trading. 
9. Michael Bloomberg: Founder of Bloomberg L.P., a financial software, media and data company. 
10. Suze Orman: T.V. money guru and financial motivational speaker. 

Top 10 Jewish Business Entrepreneurs

1. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (Ben and Jerry): Co-founders of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. 
2. Charles Lazarus: Founded Toys “R” Us. 
3. Max Factor: Founded Max Factor cosmetic company. 
4. Heidi Fleiss: Known for being the “Hollywood Madam” in the 1990s. 
5. Ron Popeil: Known for his infomercials: Chop-O-Matic, Showtime Rotisserie (“Set it, and forget it!”), Smokeless Ashtray, and many others. 
6. Vidal Sassoon: He “changed the world with a pair of scissors.” 
7. Noah Alper: Founded Noah’s Bagels. 
8. Henry and Helal Hassenfeld: Founded Hasbro (short for the “Hassenfeld Brothers”). 
9. Ruben and Rose Mattus: Founded Häagen-Dazs ice cream. 
10. Estée Lauder: Founded the very successful Estée Lauder cosmetics company.
    
    
    * Honorable Mention: Joshua Lionel Cowen (Lionel Trains), Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins (Baskin-Robbins), William Rosenberg (Dunkin’ Donuts), Leonard March/ Hyman Golden/Arnold Greenberg (Snapple), Max Factor (Cosmetics)

Top 10 Jewish Surnames

1. Cohen: Cohen derive from the Hebrew word for “priest.”  Many people with this last name descend from the Jewish priestly line (the descendants of Aaron, the brother of Moses). Alternatives to this name are Kohen, Kahn, Katz, Cahan, and Kogen.
2. Levy: Many Jews with this last name come from the tribe of Levi. Alternative variations of this name are Levi, Levin and Lewin.
3. Blahblahman: “-man” means “man,” or “person who...” in German. Example: Silverman.
4. Blahblahstein: “-stein” means “stone” in German. Example: Goldstein.
5. Blahblahberg: “-berg” means “mountain” in German. Example: Eisenberg.
6. Blahblahwitz: “-witz” mean “son of” in German. Example: Rabinowitz.
7. Blahblahbaum: “-baum” means “tree” in German. Example: Birnbaum.
8. Blahblahthal: “-thal” means “valley” in German. Example: Rosenthal.
9. Blahblahfeld: “-feld” means “field” in German. Example: Schwarzfeld.
10. Blahblahblum: “-blum” means “flower” in German. Example: Goldblum.

* Honorable mention: Blahblahler, Blahblahski, Blahblahner, any Jewel or precious metal name (Gold, Silver, Diamond, etc.)

Top 10 Jewish Computer and Internet Moguls

1. Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook creator
2. Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Google co-founders
3. Michael Dell: Founder of Dell computers
4. Steve Ballmer: CEO of Microsoft (2000 - )
5. Larry Ellison: Founder of Oracle
6. Terry Semel: Former Yahoo CEO (2001-2007)
7. Jeff Skoll: First president of eBay (1996 – 1998)
8. Andrew Grove: Former CEO of Intel (1987 – 1998)
9. Rob Glaser: Founder of RealNetworks
10. Dustin Moskovitz: One of the co-founders of Facebook

** Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, while widely reported to be Jewish, is not Jewish (as he corrected me on this blog personally in the comment section below since I had him listed before.)  Thanks Larry, you've now been replaced by Dustin Moskovitz, I'm sure he appreciates that you've dropped out. :)

Top 10 Jewish Chess Players

1. Bobby Fischer: Although making anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements throughout his life, he’s Jewish.
2. Emanuel Lasker: Was “World Chess Champion” for 27 years.
3. Wilhelm Steinitz: First undisputed “World Chess Champion.” Emanuel Lasker eventually beat him.
4. Mikhail Tal: Holds the record for the longest streak of not losing a game (95 games).
5. Judit Polgár: Considered the greatest female chess player of all time.
6. Mikhail Botvinnik: Considered one of the most influential chess players of the 20^th century due to his contributions to computer chess.
7. Victor Korchnoi: Oldest active grandmaster as of 2011.
8. Lev Polugaevsky: Known for his variation on the Sicilian Defense.
9. Efim Geller: Won the “World Seniors’ Championship” in 1992 (shared in 1991).
10. Leonid Stein: Won three Soviet Chess Championships in the 1960s.

* Gary Kasparov, widely considered to be the greatest chess player of all-time, had a Jewish father.