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Dreamworks: Founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckApril 28, 2022

The studio has released 42 feature films as of April 2022, including several of the highest-grossing animated films of all time, with Shrek 2 (2004) having been the highest at the time of its release.

Women Teaching Talmud: An Archaic Jewish Religious Barrier Is Biting the Dust

RELIGIONBy Lenny GiteckApril 27, 2022

Jewish girls and women no longer need to cross-dress to study Talmud. In fact, some are actually teaching the central text…

Avi Schiffmann and Marco Burstein: Two Harvard Students Create Website to Help House Ukrainian Refugees

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckApril 25, 2022

The site launched on March 3, 2020; within a week, more than 4,000 people had posted listings offering shelter to Ukrainian refugees.

Eytan Stibbe: The First Israeli on the International Space Station Returns Safely to Earth

IN THE NEWSBy Lenny GiteckApril 24, 2022

Eytan Meir Stibbe, 64, is an Israeli former fighter pilot, fighter ace, businessman and private astronaut. On April 8, 2022, Stibbe took off for the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral as part of the “Rakia” mission on behalf of the Ramon Foundation. (Ilan Ramon was the Israeli astronaut who perished in the Columbia…

Lera Boroditsky Asks: ‘Does the Language We Speak Shape the Way We Think?’

SCIENCEBy Lenny GiteckApril 24, 2022

Professor Lera Boroditsky is a cognitive scientist and professor in the fields of language and…

Cynthia Ozick: Short Stories, Novels, and Essays — Including About Jewish-American Life

WRITINGBy Lenny GiteckApril 24, 2022

Ozick’s fiction and essays are often about Jewish-American life, but she also writes about…

Jack Jacobs: Vietnam War Hero and Recipient of the Medal of Honor and Other Awards for Valor

IN THE SPOTLIGHTBy Lenny GiteckApril 24, 2022

Jack Howard Jacobs , 76, is a retired colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Vietnam War. On March 9, 1968, he was working as the assistant battalion advisor for the South Vietnamese army’s 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. During a mission…

Harvey Fierstein: Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter, and Recipient of Four Tony Awards

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckApril 24, 2022

Actor, playwright, and screenwriter Harvey Fierstein, 69, is best known for his theater work in…

Eugen Engel: Murdered by the Nazis, His Opera Is Performed in Germany Eight Decades Later

MUSICBy Lenny GiteckApril 23, 2022

Eight decades ago, Eugen Engel, a Berlin-based Jewish textile tradesman by day, was murdered by…

Dan Abrams: Media Entrepreneur, Television Host, Legal Commentator, and Author

MEDIABy Lenny GiteckApril 23, 2022

Dan Abrams is currently the host of the prime-time show “Dan Abrams Live” on NewsNation, and “The Dan Abrams Show: Where Politics Meets the Law” on SiriusXM’s…

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FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  1. 1. How many days after a male Jewish child is born is the circumcision performed?
    d. 8 days
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  3. 2. Rabbis are considered to be divine and infallible as soon as they’re ordained.
    b. False
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  5. 3. ___________ is a mystical type of Torah study centered on spiritual enlightenment and personal growth.
    b. Kabbalah
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  7. 4. Judaism is one of three Abrahamic religions. The other two are…
    c. Christianity and Islam
  8.  

  9. 5. The doctrine of original sin is one of the beliefs of the Jewish religion.
    b. False
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  11. 6. The Saturday evening religious ceremony that separates the holy Shabbat from the rest of the week is called…
    a. Havdalah
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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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