Bulletproof Stockings: Hasidic Women’s Alternative Rock Band

From 2011 to 2016, two Hasidic women in Brooklyn, New York — Perl Wolf and Dalia Shusterman (pictured above, from left to right) — became religious, cultural and musical trailblazers in their community by creating and performing in an all-female, all ultra-Orthodox alternative/indie rock band called Bulletproof Stockings. In light of religious prohibitions about women…

Dr. Ludwig Guttmann: Father of the Paralympic Games

In the mid 1940s, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann — a Jewish refugee who escaped Nazi Germany and settled in the U.K. — pioneered radical approaches to treating paralyzed people. Before Guttmann, such individuals basically were left to die in medical facilities. Guttmann took a very different approach, insisting the patients become as physically active as possible.…

10 Jewish Computer Scientists Who’ve Changed the World

This article unexpectedly comes from India-based website TopYaps.com and was written by Digvijaya Singh. In brief, here are the 10 noted Jewish computer scientists (some still with us and some deceased): Leonard Kleinrock: winner of the National Medal of Science for his contributions to packet switching and modern data networks; George Kameny: co-developer of the…

Jill Wine-Banks: Frequent Cable News Legal Commentator

Attorney Jill Wine-Banks, 74, often appears on MSNBC to provide her insights into the ongoing investigation by special prosecutor Robert Mueller — among other topics. She is noted for giving cogent analyses of the issue involved and for making complex legal subjects understandable to the average layperson. Wine-Banks’ expertise stems from an impressive and trailblazing…