Alan Arkin (March 26, 1934 — June 29, 2023) was an acclaimed actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning seven decades, he received numerous accolades, which included an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and nominations for six Emmy Awards. Arkin gained stardom with his roles in the…
For the past 2,000 years, the word Jew has been a fraught term used pejoratively by antisemites throughout the ages.
Danny Meyer is a renowned New York City restaurateur and the founder & Executive Chairman of the Union Square Hospitality Group…
Bob Simon covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries during his career.
Harry Litman (64-65) is a former U.S. attorney (Federal prosecutor) and deputy assistant attorney general. He teaches constitutional law and national security law at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law and the University of California at San Diego Department of Political Science. Litman also practices law with Constantine Cannon in San…
Polly Apfelbaum, 68, is an award-winning contemporary visual artist who is primarily known for her colorful drawings, sculptures, and fabric floor pieces, which she refers to as “fallen paintings.” These large-scale installations consist of hundreds of hand-cut and hand-dyed pieces of velvet fabric that are arranged on the floor. She lives and works in New…
If you ask people — including Jews — what the Jewish languages are, they’re likely to say Hebrew and Yiddish. But with…
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…
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