Geoffrey Berman: Ousted U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Was Investigating Rudi Giuliani
Until recently, 60-year-old Geoffrey Berman was United States Attorney for the powerful
Marc Benioff: A Founder, President, and Co-CEO of Salesforce
Marc Benioff, 55, is an Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Salesforce, a cloud-based…
Herbert Lust: Eccentric Art Collector and Art Philanthropist
One word often used to describe 93-year-old Herbert Lust: eccentric. Educated to be a university literature professor — his profession for years — Lust eventually found himself working on Wall Street, a sojourn that made him an investment banking tycoon. Since then he has become one of the world’s premier art collectors, who has raised…
Rosalind Franklin: Overlooked Pioneer in Understanding DNA
Rosalind Franklin (July 25, 1920 — April 16, 1958) was an English chemist and crystallographer whose research made an enormous contribution to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. Like many women in the scientific field, much of what she achieved was not acknowledged during her lifetime but recognized…
Bryan Schwartz: Raising Funds to Keep India’s Bnei Menashe Jews from Starving Because of the Pandemic
Bryan Schwartz is an Oakland, California–based attorney who specializes in civil rights…
Carl Reiner: Comedian, Screenwriter, Actor, Author, and Director Dies at 98
For more than seven decades, Carl Reiner made Americans and people around the world laugh.
Avi Schiffmann: Teenager Behind the COVID-19 Website That Gets 30 Million Visitors Every Day
Avi Schiffman, 17, is the web developer who created the COVID-19 tracking website…
Reform Judaism: Its History, Beliefs, Practices, and Institutions
Reform Judaism (also known as Liberal Judaism and Progressive Judaism) is one of four major streams of the Jewish religion in the United States. Today, it is America’s largest Jewish denomination. The movement began in Germany in the mid 19th century during the process of emancipation of European Jewry. To learn more about Reform Judaism’s…
Ruth Arnon: Israeli Researcher Seeking a Universal Flu Vaccine
Professor Ruth Arnon, 87, is a renowned Israeli biochemist and co-developer of the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. She is the Paul Ehrlich Professor of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where she is researching anti-cancer and universal influenza vaccinations — meaning the flu vaccine won’t have to be changed every year to be effective…
Jews in Sports: Taking Pride in Jewish Athletic Achievements
The notion of outstanding Jewish athletes has been fodder for many humorists and comedians, but the “bit” ought to be relegated to a garbage dump. Jewish men and women have long participated in athletics — often reaching the pinnacle in various sports, sometimes despite prejudice and discrimination. Be sure to watch “Jews in Sports” linked…
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