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Yearly Archives: 2019

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Israeli-Developed Artificial Meniscus Transplanted into Patient in Israel

THE ISRAEL FILEBy Lenny GiteckNovember 19, 2019

In a world-first, Israeli surgeons have transplanted an artificial meniscus into a patient via a small incision in the knee. The NUsurface implant was developed in Israel by a research and development team of the Memphis, Tennessee-based company Active Implants. The meniscus is a crescent-shaped piece of cartilage in the knee joint and other places…

Marra Gad: A Mixed-Race Jewish Woman Tells Her Complex Life Story

CULTUREBy Lenny GiteckNovember 18, 2019

The biological mother of Hollywood producer and executive producer Marra B. Gad was a white, unwed Jewish woman; her biological father was a non-Jewish African-American man who never learned of the pregnancy. As an infant, Gad was adopted by a Midwestern Jewish couple. The fact that her biological mother was a Jew is significant: No…

Jessica Meir: Trailblazing Astronaut Walks in Space, Sends Photo of Israel

SCIENCEBy Lenny GiteckNovember 6, 2019

On October 18, 2019, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, a marine biologist and physiologist, took part in a trailblazing spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Meir and fellow astronaut Cristina Koch formed the first all-female spacewalking team. The 42-year-old Meir is serving as flight engineer on the ISS, from which she sent an out-of-this-world photograph of…

Sarit Hadad: Iconic Israeli Pop Singer of Mizrahi Music and More

MUSICBy Lenny GiteckNovember 6, 2019

Sarit Hadad, 41, is a highly successful Israeli pop singer who represented the country in the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest. Seven years later, she was named “best female singer of the 2000s” by the Israeli Music TV Channel. In addition, Hadad was a longtime judge on the popular television singing competition The Voice Israel.  …

Can Judaism Survive When So Many Jews Don’t Believe in God?

RELIGIONBy Lenny GiteckNovember 6, 2019

That is a significant question, especially today when more than half of American Jews say they do not believe in God..

Stephen Breyer: Liberal Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckNovember 6, 2019

Associate Justice Stephen Breyer has been a member of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1994. Prior to that, he was a professor at Harvard Law School. In addition, Breyer was special assistant to the United States Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, and assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. From 1980 to 1994,…

Andrew Levy: Realtor Pays School Lunch Debts So Students Can Have Hot Meals

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckNovember 4, 2019

Andrew Levy, a realtor in South Florida, recently paid off the school lunch debts of more than 400 students in nine schools in the town of Jupiter. Without his contribution of nearly $1,000, those youngsters would only receive cold sandwiches instead of nutritious hot meals. Levy plans to make this an ongoing effort.   Quotes:…

Larry David: Super-Funny Comedian, Writer, Actor, Director, and Producer

UncategorizedBy Lenny GiteckNovember 4, 2019

Does Larry David, 72, need an introduction? OK, in case you’ve been living on Mars for the past three decades…

Jamie Raskin: Maryland Congressman on the Judiciary Committee

GOVERNMENTBy Lenny GiteckNovember 3, 2019

Rep. Jamie Raskin, 56, is a Democratic congressman elected in 2016 from…

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog: He’s Vulgar… He’s Raunchy… He’s Very Funny!

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckNovember 3, 2019

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (yes, he’s a Jew!) is the brainpuppy of sock puppeteer Robert Smigel, 59, who…

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FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  1. 1. How many “Principles of Faith” did the great 12th century philosopher and scholar Maimonides postulate?
    d. 13
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  3. 2. Judaism is not just a religion. It is a culture, a political force, and even an ethnic group.
    a. True
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  5. 3. How many times a day do observant Jews pray?
    a. Three
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  7. 4. The Jewish prayer shawl (tallit), worn during prayer services, has knotted fringes or tassels at each corner of the shawl. What are they called?
    c. Tzitzit
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  9. 5. In contrast to Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism holds that while both written teaching and oral traditions have a divine origin, how they’re interpreted is up to the rabbis and may reflect modern circumstances.
    a. True
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  11. 6. What percentage of Jews live outside Israel and the United States?
    c. 24%
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NAME THAT JEW! ANSWER

 

Irving Berlin

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WOW! FACTS

Inventor of the mobile phone, “Father of the Internet,” inventor of the video game cosole, inventor fo the laser, inventor of the gramophone, creator of the Barbie Doll, creator of the cruise ship, “Father of Immunology,” inventor fo the modern condom (!), a prime minister of the U.K., a three-time prime minister of France, a president of Switzerland and the primary financier of the American Revolution?

We knew you could guess… all of them are (or were) Jews!

To learn about these and many more AmazingJews, watch a compilation put together by JewOfTheWeek.net in 2015 and posted on YouTube. >>
 

Nobel Prizes
Although Jews are less than two-tenths of one percent of the world’s population, more than 20% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. Source: Google

Polio Vaccine
Millions and millions of people worldwide have been spared the ravages of poliomyelitis — including paralysis and even death — thanks to research conducted by Jewish scientist Dr. Jonas Salk and his team. The Salk vaccine entered widespread use in the U.S. in 1955. Source: Wikipedia

Miss Liberty
The words “…give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” on the Statue of Liberty were written by Emma Lazarus, a Jew. Source: BuzzFeed

Blue Jeans
Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Germany, invented his blue jeans in 1873. Source: BuzzFeed

Start-Up Nation
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world. It has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world. Source: BuzzFeed

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