Shalom, Dear Reader: You’ve probably been following the intensive news coverage of open warfare between Iran and Israel, and between Israel and Iran’s proxies — Hezbollah primary among them. The Iranian leadership reiterated the country’s intention to wipe “the Zionist regime” off the map — a threat they’ve made many times. For comprehensive updates on…
Roberta Kaplan, 57-58, (also known as Robbie Kaplan) was the primary attorney for E. Jean Carroll in her two defamation cases against Donald Trump. The jury in the second trial recently awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages — in addition to $5 million in the first trial. Previously in her legal career, Kaplan successfully argued…
Famed movie director, producer, and screenwriter Steven Spielberg, 77, has announced a new project the USC Shoah Foundation is undertaking: documenting the barbaric attack by Hamas terrorists against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The Shoah Foundation (Shoah means Holocaust in Hebrew) was established by Spielberg in 1994, one year after completing his Academy Award-winning Holocaust…
Below are links to videos that show the cruelty, the barbarity of the Hamas assault on Israelis. These videos are just a few examples of the many that have emerged since the attack on 10/7. We’ll present more in the future. WARNING: The videos below contain images and audio that may be disturbing. Discretion…
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