INTRODUCITON OOOOOOOOOOO Quote: Sometimes these “Jewish” languages are very similar to the dominant language around them, yet Jewish forms of languages contain clearly distinct elements. Hebrew words, quotes from Jewish prayers and elements from other languages picked up in the Jewish diaspora mark “Jewish” minority languages. The history of exile is etched into Jewish…
Billionaire brothers Leonard (pictured, left) and Ronald Lauder — sons of legendary businesswoman Estée Lauder…
Tovah Feldshuh, 74, is an actress, singer, and playwright. She’s been a Broadway star for 50 years, earning four Tony Award nominations. She has also received two Emmy Award nominations for Holocaust and Law & Order, and appeared in such films as A Walk on the Moon, She’s Funny That Way, and Kissing Jessica Stein.…
Martin Wolf CBE is the chief economics commentator at the Financial Times and author of the new book The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism…
Focusing on the history of Jewish life in the American capital city and the surrounding metropolitan area…
President Joe Biden plans to name Dr. Mandy Cohen — a former North Carolina health secretary who steered her state through the tumultuous first two years of the coronavirus pandemic — as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to two people familiar with the selection process. The selection of…
In March of this year, the Shalhevet High School (Los Angeles) girls’ basketball team made state history becoming the first Jewish school to win a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) championship, defeating San Domenico of San Anselmo, 50-46, in Sacramento. For Shalhevet, the victory over the Marin County school was extra sweet after last year’s 38-27…
Under Iger’s leadership, Disney has sued DeSantis and other government officials, accusing them of retaliating against the company…
Evan Gershkovich, 31, is a Jewish-American journalist and reporter at The Wall Street Journal covering Russia. He was detained by Russia’s Federal Security Service on charges of espionage in March 2023, marking the first time an American journalist had been arrested on charges of spying in Russia since the Cold War. The White House and…
Harry Litman is a lawyer, law professor, and legal commentator. He has served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General…
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