Moment Magazine: ‘How Has Jewish Thought Influenced Science?’
In 2014, Moment magazine published an extraordinary article titled “How Has Jewish…
Bud Selig: MLB Commissioner for More than Two Decades
Allan “Bud” Selig, 85, was commissioner of American Major League Baseball from 1992, when he was named acting commissioner, to 2015, when he retired. Selig was credited for the enormous rise in MLB revenues and attendance during his long tenure. He weathered a number of storms while commissioner, chief among them a steroid scandal involving…
Eric Garcetti: The First Jewish Mayor in the History of Los Angeles
At 48, Eric Garcetti is the youngest mayor in Los Angeles history and the city’s first Jewish mayor…
The Nobel Prize: Why Have More Than 20% of All Recipients Been Jews?
Although Jews comprise only 0.2% — that’s one-fifth of one percent — of the world’s population, more than one-fifth of all Nobel Prize recipients have been Jewish. To put it another way, 902 Nobel Prizes had been awarded as of 2017, and 203 of those had gone to Jewish people. Jews have won prizes in…
Jeffrey Rosen: President and CEO of the National Constitution Center
A noted legal historian described fifty-five-year-old Jeffrey Rosen as “the nation’s most widely read…
Rita Rudner: Holds Record for ‘Longest-Running Solo Comedy Show in Las Vegas’
Rita Rudner, 65, has been an American stand-up comedy star for more than three decades. She is a mainstay of comedy…
Exhibit of Objects from the Colmar Treasure, Hidden for 500 Years
The Met Cloisters, a museum in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, is displaying objects from the Colmar Treasure, a medieval Jewish family’s trove of exquisite decorative pieces that remained hidden for some 500 years. The Cloisters — a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art — focuses on architecture, sculpture, and decorative arts from…
Yaron Schwarcz: How We Can Create a World Without ‘Houselessness’
Israeli serial entrepreneur Yaron Schwarcz believes 3-D printing and robotic construction…
Billy Joel: The ‘Piano Man’ with a Five-Decade-Long Successful Music Career
The “Piano Man” Billy Joel became a successful recording artist back in the 1970s — and he has continued enjoying an impressive music career ever since. The now 70 year old’s numerous hit songs include “Just the Way You Are,” “Vienna,” “Only the Good Die Young,” “She’s Always a Woman,” and “Scenes form an Italian…
David Geffen: Major Force in Hollywood and the Music Industry
David Geffen, 76, is a powerful player in both Hollywood and the music industry: He was instrumental in founding Asylum Records, Geffen Records, DGC Records, and DreamWorks SKG. Additionally, Geffen is a prodigious philanthropist to various causes. A multibillionaire, his contributions — adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars — have included to the…
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