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…
You may be surprised to know there’s an indigenous professional wrestling circuit in Israel. Even more surprising: Pro wrestling in the Jewish state was largely popularized by Rabbi Rafael Halperin (the “Rasslin Rabbi”), a Vienna-born haredi Israeli who made a name for himself wrestling in the U.S. in the 1950s. Now two Israeli wrestlers —…
Ryan Turell plays forward for the Motor City Cruise, an affiliate of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons in the NBA G League…
Do you consider yourself to be a maven when it comes to Jewish players in Major League Baseball? Maybe… but
She has won a joint-record four WNBA championships with the Storm, a historic five Olympic gold medals, two NCAA Championships with UConn…
Ryan Turell, a 22-year-old, 6-foot-7-inch guard for Yeshiva University’s basketball team…
Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram , 22, came away from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a gold medal (All-Around Champion) in individual rhythmic gymnastics.
Twenty-nine-year-old Camila Giorgi, Italy’s No.1 female pro tennis player, is known for…
He’ll take over the program after the 2021-2022 season when legendary coach…
We featured Israeli basketballer Deni Avdija a few months ago, when he was being touted as a rising star in the NBA. Unfortunately, the 20-year-old Avdija — a rookie forward for the Washington Wizards — suffered a hairline fracture in his right ankle during a game with the Golden State Warriors and will be out…
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