Theodore Herzl: Author of ‘The Jewish State’ (‘Der Judenstaat’) and Founder of Modern Political Zionism
Theodore Herzl is considered to be the father of modern political Zionism and is officially recognized in Israel’s Declaration of Independence…
Theodore Herzl is considered to be the father of modern political Zionism and is officially recognized in Israel’s Declaration of Independence…
Eliezer Ben Yehuda (Jan. 7, 1858 – Dec. 16, 1922) was the main force behind the revival of Hebrew as a modern, living, spoken language…
Natan Sharansky (72) is a modern-day hero of the Jewish people: In the 1970s and 1980s, he was a prominent Soviet “refusenik” — mostly Jews who were…
Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel (Sept. 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was perhaps the world’s best-known and most revered Holocaust survivor.
Golda Meir (May 3, 1898 — December 8, 1978) was born in Kyiv, Ukraine; she and her family immigrated to the United States to escape…
Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 — Sept. 23, 1939) is considered one of the most revolutionary and influential thinkers of the last century.
Anne Frank (June 12, 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-born Dutch teenager who perished in the Bergen-Belsen concentration…
During the Middle Ages, Moses ben Maimon (1135 or 1138 — 1204) was a Sephardi Jew who was born in Cordoba, Spain, but spent…
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion — speaking in Tel Aviv under a portrait of Theodore Herzl, founder of modern Zionism…
It would be difficult to overestimate the intelligence of Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 — April 18, 1955); indeed, his very name has become virtually synonymous with “genius.” It would be equally difficult to overstate the impact his prodigious mind has had…
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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!
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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