Andy Borowitz: Writer, Comedian, Satirist, and Actor — One Very Funny Jewish Dude (Jewd)
Andy Borowitz is a New York Times-bestselling author who won the first National Press Club award for humor.
Rochelle Walensky: New Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Rochelle Walensky is the new Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Prior to her appointment at the CDC, she was the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at…
Carole King: Legendary Singer/Songwriter for Six Decades, With 118 ‘Billboard’ Pop Hits!
Active on the music scene since 1958. Wrote or co-wrote 118 pop hits on the Billboard “Hot 100.” Made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry. Record sales estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. Winner of four Grammy Awards. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall…
Janet Yellen: First Female U.S. Treasury Secretary in U.S. History, With a Long and Distinguished Career
Janet Yellen (74), named by President Joe Biden to be the new administration’s Secretary of the Treasury, was easily confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Jan. 25, 2021. Previously, Yellen was a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and Chair of the Federal Reserve. She is also a professor emerita at the Haas…
Daniel Pearl: Pakistani Court Orders Release of Four Islamic Terrorists Convicted of His Murder
Daniel Pearl z”l (Oct. 10, 1963 – Feb. 1, 2002), a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and later beheaded by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan. (To add to the tragedy, his son and only child was born four months after his death.) A proud Jew to the end, Pearl’s last words, spoken right…
Jews of Myanmar and the Recent Military Coup That Overthrew the Elected Government
Although today there reportedly are fewer than 50 Jews in Myanmar (formerly Burma), this tiny number was not always the case. Most of the Jewish community fled (many to India) in 1942 because of the Japanese invasion and oppression by the local Burmese government. Nevertheless, the history of the Jews of Myanmar is fascinating and…
Stephen Sondheim: Perhaps the Greatest Figure in American Musical Theater History
Stephen Sondheim (90) is considered to be one of the all-time greats — perhaps the all-time great — of the American musical theater. His best-known works as composer and lyricist include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,…
Julius Lester: Renowned Jewish African-American Writer of Children’s and Adult Books
Julius Lester (Jan. 27, 1939 – Jan. 18, 2018) was an author of books for both children and adults. In addition to teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for 32 years, he was a civil rights activist, photographer, and musician who recorded two albums of folk music and original songs. In 1982, Lester —…
Tom Goldstein: Prolific and Highly Respected Litigator Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas “Tom” Goldstein (50-51) is an attorney known for his frequent appearance before the United States Supreme Court. Indeed, over the past 15 years he has served as one of the lawyers in just under 10% of the cases argued before the High Court. Goldstein is also the co-founder of SCOTUSblog, the most widely read…
Has Israel Developed a Cure for COVID-19? The Treatment Has Shown Encouraging Phase 1 Trial Results
The development of a cure for people infected with COVID-19 would be an earthshaking medical breakthrough and monumental game-changer for all of humanity. A treatment developed by Prof. Nadir Arber and administered at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) has shown very promising early results. In Phase 1 trials, 29 of 30 COVID patients…
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