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Harvey Fierstein: Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter, and Recipient of Four Tony Awards

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckApril 24, 2022

Actor, playwright, and screenwriter Harvey Fierstein, 69, is best known for his theater work in…

Alex Borstein: Emmy-Winning Actor on ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckFebruary 3, 2022

Actress, comedian, writer, and producer Alexandrea “Alex” Borstein plays Susie Myerson on…

Willie Garson: ‘Sex and the City’ Actor Succumbs to Pancreatic Cancer at 57

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckSeptember 25, 2021

Actor Willie Garson (Feb. 20, 1964 – Sept. 21, 2021) has passed away following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He appeared in over 75 films and more than 300 TV episodes. Garson was best known for playing Stanford Blatch on the HBO series Sex and the City and in the related films Sex and the…

Ed Asner: Venerable Television Actor Who Won a Record (for a Male) Seven Primetime Emmys

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckJune 20, 2021

Ed Asner is best known for his roles on ”The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its spin-off series, “Lou Grant” (among other shows).

Mandy Patinkin: Veteran of Stage, Screen, and Television — and Lover of Yiddish, Too!

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckApril 22, 2021

Mandel “Mandy” Patinkin (68) is an actor and singer known for his work on stage, screen, and television. Patinkin has appeared in such movies as The Princess Bride, Criminal Minds, Yentl, Alien Nation, and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. He also has had recurring roles in a number of television series, including Homeland, Chicago…

Eugene Levy: From ‘SCTV’ to ‘Best in Show’ to ‘Schitt’s Creek’… Oh, and He’s Dan Levy’s Dad, Too

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckMarch 18, 2021

For half a century, Eugene Levy (74) has been making people laugh. The comedic actor, producer, director, and writer came to prominence on the hilarious Canadian series SCTV and never left the public stage since then. (Levy is Canadian.) He has appeared in many motion pictures, including Best in Show. Today he is most identified…

Tony Randall: Actor Best Known as Felix Unger, the Fastidious, Neurotic Half of ‘The Odd Couple’

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckFebruary 2, 2021

Many will be surprised to learn that actor Tony Randall was a Jew, but his birth name was Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg. Randall (Feb. 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was perhaps best known for playing the role of Felix Unger in the television adaptation of the 1965 play “The Odd Couple.” Unger was a world-class…

Julie Taymor: Tony Award-Winning Theater, Opera, and Film Director and Writer

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckDecember 31, 2020

Julie Taymor (68) is a theater, opera, and movie director and writer. Her stage adaptation of The Lion King has been seen by more than 90 million people in 100 cities around the world. It received 11 Tony Award nominations; Taymor garnered Tony Awards for Best Director and Costume Designer. The production has been honored…

Mila Kunis: Ukraine-Born American Actress on Both Small and Big Screens

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckNovember 17, 2020

Actress Milena Markovna “Mila” Kunis (37) was born in the Soviet Ukraine and moved with her family to the United States at age 7, in part because of antisemitism in the former Soviet Union. She is perhaps best known for playing Jackie Burkhart on the television series That ’70s Show (1998–2006), a part she got…

Gal Gadot: Wonder Woman Lands Plum Role of Cleopatra — But Not Without Controversy

SHOW BIZBy Lenny GiteckOctober 16, 2020

Israeli superstar actress Gal Gadot (35) is renowned for her beauty (Miss Israel 2004) and acting chops. In addition to playing Wonder Woman in the 2017 blockbuster film by the same name, Gadot has appeared in several other movies, including Fast & Furious (2009), Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Justice League (2017).…

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FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  1. 1. How many days after a male Jewish child is born is the circumcision performed?
    d. 8 days
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  3. 2. Rabbis are considered to be divine and infallible as soon as they’re ordained.
    b. False
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  5. 3. ___________ is a mystical type of Torah study centered on spiritual enlightenment and personal growth.
    b. Kabbalah
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  7. 4. Judaism is one of three Abrahamic religions. The other two are…
    c. Christianity and Islam
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  9. 5. The doctrine of original sin is one of the beliefs of the Jewish religion.
    b. False
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  11. 6. The Saturday evening religious ceremony that separates the holy Shabbat from the rest of the week is called…
    a. Havdalah
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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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