Josh Shapiro, 49, is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania since early 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th Pennsylvania attorney general from 2017 to 2023. He faced extreme right-wing Republican nominee Doug Mastriano in the general election for the governorship. Shapiro…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D.-Calif.) has announced his candidacy to fill the Senate seat held by Diane Feinstein (D.-Calif.) since 1992. Feinstein, who also is Jewish, has announced she will not run again when her current term expires in 2024. Schiff, who represents California’s 30th congressional district, was first elected to the House in 2000. Until…
In the recent 2022 midterm elections, Democrat Josh Shapiro , 49, defeated Republican Doug Mastriano by a double-digit margin. Mastriano is a far-right extremist and a prominent figure in fundamentalist Christian nationalism. He has called the separation of church and state a myth, and has been accused of being a racist and antisemite. Shapiro has…
Attorney Daniel (“Dan”) Goldman, 46, served as lead majority counsel in the first impeachment…
Gary Gensler (64) serves as the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (After President Joe Biden nominated him for the position, he was confirmed by a 53-45 vote in the Senate.) In addition, Gensler is a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to his career in the federal government, he…
Nicole (“Nikki”) Fried , 44, is the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. She’s the first woman to be elected to the position and was the only Democrat to win a statewide…
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D. Ga.), 34, recently delivered a powerful speech on the Senate floor, forcefully arguing against restricting voting rights…
Avril Haines (52) became the U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) the day after Joe Biden was sworn in as President. She is the first woman to fulfill that role. Previously, she served as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor during the Obama Administration from 2015-2017, during which time she led…
Daniella Levine Cava (65) was elected mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Previously, she…
Benjamin “Ben” Cardin (77), who serves as the senior United States Senator from Maryland, was first elected to that seat in 2006. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 3rd congressional district. Before that, Cardin served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and as Speaker…
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