Climate Change: Canadian JNF Launches Annual $1 Million Prize for Innovative Israeli Solutions
Since an estimated 326,000 Jews live in the country, that amount is quite impressive.
Since an estimated 326,000 Jews live in the country, that amount is quite impressive.
Justice Stephen Breyer has announced he will be stepping down from the Supreme Court in late June or early July, once his successor has been nominated and confirmed.
If complex alien lifeforms do exist on other planets, what might they look like? How much would they resemble us? How would they function, communicate, and reproduce? Those and other intriguing questions about possible extraterrestrial life have long interested Dr. Arik Kershenbaum, an Israeli-educated zoologist who lives in the U.K. and teaches at Cambridge University.…
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D. Ga.), 34, recently delivered a powerful speech on the Senate floor, forcefully arguing against restricting voting rights…
Before World War II, Lithuania had a large, vibrant Jewish community, largely centered in Vilnius.
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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