Lenny Krayzelburg, 44, competed in the backstroke at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, coming away with four gold medals. Born in Odessa, USSR — now part of Ukraine — he emigrated with his family to the U.S. in 1989. While in college, Krayzelburg broke several world records in the backstroke. In 2001 and 2017,…
Joseph Hershkowitz (pictured with his father), 13, recently held a virtual bar mitzvah while under coronavirus…
Jesse Appell is a Jewish-American stand-up comic who has been plying his trade in China — in fluent Chinese…
Charles “Chuck” Rosenberg, 59, who has worn many hats during his impressive career, is a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. During his tenure, Rosenberg brought dog-fighting charges against Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. He was involved in the government’s death penalty case against September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. And he played…
After a stellar 15-year stint as CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Robert “Bob” Iger, 69, announced last month he was stepping down from the position. He will, however, remain as Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Directors until December of next year. During Iger’s tenure as CEO, the iconic company’s market capitalization…
Larry Tesler, who passed away last month at the age of 75, had a long and illustrious career as a computer scientist. Over the years, he was employed by Xerox, PARC, Apple, Amazon, and Yahoo. Tesler’s professional credits include helping to develop the first object-oriented programming language, as well as the first word processor with…
Journalist Andrew Marantz is a staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the book ‘Antisocial: Online Extremists…’
Joseph Hershkowitz, 13, recently held a virtual bar mitzvah while under coronavirus…
Stephen Sondheim, who just turned 90, is a giant of the American musical theater. His well-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and…
Israeli entrepreneur Inna Braverman, 33, is co-founder of Tel Aviv-based Eco Wave Power,
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