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| Steven Spielberg: ‘The Fabelmans,’ His Semi-Autobiographical, Very Jewish Film Is Generating Oscar Buzz!

IN THE NEWSBy Lenny GiteckNovember 27, 2022

The movie is a semi-autobiographical drama about Spielberg’s own life, focusing on his early dream…

| A.J. Jacobs: ‘My Year of Living Biblically,’ ‘How Healthy Living Nearly Killed Me,’ and ‘The World’s Largest Family Reunion’

IDEAS TO PONDERBy Lenny GiteckNovember 27, 2022

Arnold Stephen Jacobs Jr., commonly called A.J. Jacobs, is a journalist, author, and lecturer…

| Refugees: American Jewish Communities Helping Ukrainians and Afghans Who’ve Made It to the United States

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckNovember 27, 2022

The Biden administration has announced the U.S. will accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees…

| Reproductive Technology: Is It Kosher According to Halacha — Jewish Religious Law?

RELIGIONBy Lenny GiteckNovember 26, 2022

“Reproductive technology” is a term that encompasses a variety of modern fertility-related…

| Bob Iger: The Longtime CEO Again Heads The Walt Disney Company

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckNovember 22, 2022

Robert (Bob) Iger has been rehired by The Walt Disney Company to be its CEO. Previously, Iger held…

| Motty Steinmetz: In the Hasidic World, a Superstar Singer of Jewish Religious Songs

MUSICBy Lenny GiteckNovember 20, 2022

The 30-year-old singer of religious Jewish songs, with the lyrics often being taken directly…

| Robert Mangold: Challenging Traditional Concepts of What Paintings Are

THE ARTSBy Lenny GiteckNovember 20, 2022

His paintings are often comprised of simple elements put together through complex means…

| Rachel Weisz: British-American Actor Who Has Won Several Highly Prestigious Awards

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckNovember 19, 2022

Recipient of an Academy Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Critics’ Circle Theatre Award.

| Mark Leibovich: Journalist and Author of NYT Bestseller ‘Thank You for Your Servitude’

WRITINGBy Lenny GiteckNovember 19, 2022

Leibovich’s latest book asks why establishment Republicans failed to prevent a hostile takeover…

| Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews: What Are Their Origins and How Do the Two Groups Differ?

CULTUREBy Lenny GiteckNovember 19, 2022

The two groups have many things in common but there are some interesting differences as well.

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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%
  12.  

NAME THAT JEW! ANSWER

 

Irving Berlin

Learn more about him from Wikipedia. Click here.

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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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