On 5/20/06, Sarah slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
I personally don't mind if it's a positive association, or a very interesting one, though again you have to be careful. Pointing out that someone is a British Muslim mathematician sounds a bit odd. And we wouldn't say a person was a Celtic scientist, so why a Jewish one?
You may be confused by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jewish_mathematicians then.
Steve