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Theodore Herzl: Author of ‘The Jewish State’ (‘Der Judenstaat’) and Founder of Modern Political Zionism

HALL OF FAMEBy Lenny GiteckApril 25, 2021

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: Father of Modern Hebrew, Israel’s Mother Tongue

HALL OF FAMEBy Lenny GiteckFebruary 2, 2021

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: Hero ‘Refusenik’ Who Spent Nine Years in Soviet Prisons

HALL OF FAMEBy Lenny GiteckOctober 20, 2020

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…

Elie Wiesel: Holocaust Survivor Dedicated to Keeping the Memory of the Six Million Alive

HALL OF FAMEBy Lenny GiteckAugust 10, 2020

Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel (Sept. 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was perhaps the world’s best-known and most revered Holocaust survivor.

Golda Meir: Israeli Stateswoman and the Country’s Fourth Prime Minister

HALL OF FAMEBy Lenny GiteckJune 5, 2020

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: The Revolutionary and Controversial Founder of Psychoanalysis

HALL OF FAMEBy Lenny GiteckJanuary 13, 2020

Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 — Sept. 23, 1939) is considered one of the most revolutionary and influential thinkers of the last century.

Anne Frank: The Jewish Teen Who Died in the Holocaust but Lives On in Her Diary

HALL OF FAMEBy Lenny GiteckOctober 13, 2019

Anne Frank (June 12, 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-born Dutch teenager who perished in the Bergen-Belsen concentration…

Maimonides: Brilliant Torah Scholar, Philosopher, Astronomer, and Physician

HALL OF FAMEBy Lenny GiteckJuly 2, 2019

During the Middle Ages, Moses ben Maimon (1135 or 1138 — 1204) was a Sephardi Jew who was born in Cordoba, Spain, but spent…

David Ben-Gurion: Founding Father of the Modern State of Israel

HALL OF FAMEBy Lenny GiteckJanuary 16, 2019

On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion — speaking in Tel Aviv under a portrait of Theodore Herzl, founder of modern Zionism…

Albert Einstein: The Genius Who Helped Explain the Universe

HALL OF FAMEBy AdminAugust 22, 2017

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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FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  1. 1. How many “Principles of Faith” did the great 12th century philosopher and scholar Maimonides postulate?
    d. 13
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  3. 2. Judaism is not just a religion. It is a culture, a political force, and even an ethnic group.
    a. True
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  5. 3. How many times a day do observant Jews pray?
    a. Three
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  7. 4. The Jewish prayer shawl (tallit), worn during prayer services, has knotted fringes or tassels at each corner of the shawl. What are they called?
    c. Tzitzit
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  9. 5. In contrast to Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism holds that while both written teaching and oral traditions have a divine origin, how they’re interpreted is up to the rabbis and may reflect modern circumstances.
    a. True
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  11. 6. What percentage of Jews live outside Israel and the United States?
    c. 24%
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NAME THAT JEW! ANSWER

 

Irving Berlin

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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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