| Jonah Goldberg: Conservative Political Analyst, Columnist, and Author
No, not all Jewish media figures are liberals. Jonah Goldberg is a conservative syndicated columnist…
No, not all Jewish media figures are liberals. Jonah Goldberg is a conservative syndicated columnist…
Ruth Marcus is a political commentator who– among other things — writes a weekly op-ed column for The Washington Post
He hosted ‘The Daily Show,’ a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015. He now hosts…
Dan Abrams is currently the host of the prime-time show “Dan Abrams Live” on NewsNation, and “The Dan Abrams Show: Where Politics Meets the Law” on SiriusXM’s…
Author and journalist Stephen Dubner hosts the popular podcast and NPR program…
Ari Shapiro (43) is a radio journalist and one of four rotating hosts National Public Radio’s flagship news program All Things Considered. He previously served as White House correspondent and international correspondent based in London for NPR. In May 2010, the pop-culture magazine Paper included Shapiro in an annual list of “Beautiful People,” saying he…
His reporting on high-profile stories has garnered him two Pulitzer Prizes, among other awards…
Herbert “Herb” Caen (April 3, 1916 — Feb. 1, 1997) was a San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip…
Zeke Miller is a White House reporter for The Associated Press and president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. Until October 2017 he was the White House correspondent for TIME, where he worked since 2013 as a political reporter covering the White House, national politics, and the 2016 presidential campaign. He previously was the first…
Wolf Isaac Blitzer (72) is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable people in America. A journalist, television news anchor, and author, Blitzer has been a CNN reporter since 1990 and is currently Principal Anchor at the network. He is the host of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, and until 2021 served as the network’s…
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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!
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