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Daily Archives: June 15, 2019

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Bob Iger: Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckJune 15, 2019

Robert “Bob” Iger, 68, has been the Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company since 2005 (succeeding Michael Eisner, who is also Jewish). During Iger’s tenure, the company’s market value reportedly has shot up to $163 billion from $48.4 billion. Prior to his current positions at Disney, he was President and COO of the…

Susan Schwartz: Providing Equine Therapy to Help Repair Damaged Lives

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckJune 15, 2019

In 1981, Susan Schwartz co-founded Equest, a nonprofit organization whose mission is “to enhance the quality of life for children and adults with diverse needs, by partnering with horses to bring hope and healing through equine-assisted activities and therapies.” Today, Equest helps more than 2,000 clients every year.   Quote: “We’ve had people come through…

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FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  1. 1. Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. What does the name mean in English?
    c. Day of Atonement
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  3. 2. A famous Jewish pro baseball player made headlines when he would not play in a World Series game on Yom Kippur. Who was he?
    b. Sandy Koufax
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  5. 3. Yom Kippur is one of several fast days in Judaism. Which of these is also a fast day?
    c. Tishah B’av

NAME THAT JEW! ANSWER

 
He was Gene Wilder. He passed away on August 29, 2016. Watch an amusing and revealing 2005 profile of Wilder on CBS Sunday Morning [9:47]. >>

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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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