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[ Bob Iger: The Disney CEO Takes on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for Freedom of Speech

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckMay 31, 2023Leave a comment

Under Iger’s leadership, Disney has sued DeSantis and other government officials, accusing them of retaliating against the company…

|| Jan Kloum: WhatsApp Co-founder and Its Former CEO

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckMarch 4, 2023

Jan Koum, a Ukrainian-American billionaire businessman and computer programmer, is…

| Bob Iger: The Longtime CEO Again Heads The Walt Disney Company

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckNovember 22, 2022

Robert (Bob) Iger has been rehired by The Walt Disney Company to be its CEO. Previously, Iger held…

Sam Altman: Striving to Advance Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Humanity

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckSeptember 4, 2022

Sam Altman is an entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He’s the CEO and one of the founders of OpenAI, a for-profit research company whose goal…

Neiman Marcus: Premier Purveyor of Luxury Goods Founded by a Jewish Sister and Brother

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckJune 19, 2022

Herbert Marcus Sr., his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman (pictured), and her husband, Abraham Lincoln Neiman , founded the Neiman Marcus department store on Sept. 10, 1907. It was lavishly furnished and stocked with clothing of a quality then not commonly found in Texas. Within a few weeks, the store’s initial inventory, mostly acquired on a…

Dreamworks: Founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckApril 28, 2022

The studio has released 42 feature films as of April 2022, including several of the highest-grossing animated films of all time, with Shrek 2 (2004) having been the highest at the time of its release.

Kevin Feige: President of Marvel Studios and Primary Producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckFebruary 3, 2022

The films Kevin Feige has produced at Marvel Studios have a combined worldwide box office gross of over $26.8 billion, making him…

Ruth Porat: CFO of Alphabet, Parent Company of Google and Much More

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckOctober 5, 2021

Ruth Porat (born 1958) is a British-American business executive, serving since 2015 as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Alphabet Inc., its subsidiary Google, and several other companies. Porat was CFO and executive vice president of Morgan Stanley from January 2010 to May 2015. In 2020, Porat was listed as the 16th most powerful woman…

Scooter Braun: Media Mogul, Entrepreneur, Record Executive, and Investor

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckJune 27, 2021

He’s the manager for artists such as Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, J Balvin, Demi Lovato, and others…

Jonathan Adler: From Potter’s Wheel Fanatic to Millionaire Design Entrepreneur

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckApril 24, 2021

Jonathan Adler (54) is a potter, interior decorator, author, and entrepreneur. Adler launched his first ceramic collection in 1993 at Barneys New York. Five years later, he expanded into home furnishings, opening his first namesake boutique in Soho, Manhattan. He now has 17 stores and runs an eponymous home interiors business. Adler is openly gay…

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Sammy Davis Jr.

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Watch Sammy Davis Jr. singing “The Candy Man”… click here.

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  1. 1. According to the Hebrew Bible (Tanach or Tanakh), who was the first king of the ancient United Kingdom of Israel?
    c. King Saul
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  3. 2. In addition to his wife, Ahinoam, King Saul had a concubine named __________.
    b. Rizpah
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  5. 3. Which king built the first Temple in Jerusalem? ________.
    c. King Solomon
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  7. 4. 4. What was the relationship between King Saul and King David? David was Saul’s _________.
    b. Son-in-law
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  9. 5. Who was King Solomon’s father?
    d. King David
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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

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