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[ Harry Litman: Lawyer, Law Professor, Legal Podcaster, and Legal Media Commentator

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckMay 30, 2023Leave a comment

Harry Litman is a lawyer, law professor, and legal commentator. He has served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General…

|| Kenneth Feinberg: Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund Special Master

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckMarch 7, 2023

Kenneth Feinberg is an attorney specializing in mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

| Dana Nessel: Michigan’s First Jewish and First Lesbian Attorney General

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckJune 18, 2022

Dana Michelle Nessel , 53, is a lawyer and politician who serves as the 54th Attorney General of Michigan. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Nessel is the second openly lesbian person elected attorney general of a state in the United States (after Maura Healey of Massachusetts), as well as the first openly…

Cyril Wecht: Renowned Forensic Scientist in Numerous High-Profile Legal Cases

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckApril 23, 2022

Cyril Wecht is an attorney, but his major contribution to American legal proceedings has been as a forensic scientist — especially by appearing…

Tamar Frankel: Legal Scholar and Boston University Law Professor for Five Decades

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckFebruary 1, 2022

Tamar Frankel, 96, is a renowned legal scholar who has been a professor at Boston University School of Law since 1968.

Debra S. Katz: Civil Rights and Employment Attorney Involved in High-Profile Cases

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckOctober 4, 2021

She is known for representing alleged victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment…

Marc Elias: In the Vanguard of the Fight for Voting Rights and Saving Democracy

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckJune 5, 2021

Attorney Marc Elias (52) is an expert in election law, voting rights, and redistricting. He served as general counsel for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign and the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign. In 2020 and 2021, on behalf of the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee, Elias oversaw the state-by-state response to lawsuits…

Tamar Frankel: Law Professor at Boston University, Author, Legal Activist — and She’s 95!

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckMay 4, 2021

Tamar Frankel (95) is a long-time professor at the Boston University School of Law. (She retired from the faculty…

Judge Joseph Wapner: Pioneer of the Reality Arbitration-Based Court TV Show

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckMarch 19, 2021

Before there was Judge Judy there was The People’s Court. Although Judge Judith Sheindlin has had the longest-running reality arbitration-based court show in TV history (25 seasons), she did not pioneer the genre. That distinction belongs to Judge Joseph Wapner (Nov. 15, 1919 — Feb. 26, 2017), who presided over the first run of The…

Stephen Breyer: Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court for a Quarter-Century

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckMarch 19, 2021

Steven Breyer (82) has served as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme court since 1994, after being nominated by then-President Bill Clinton. In his 2005 book Active Liberty, Breyer argued that the judiciary should seek to resolve issues in a manner that encourages popular participation in governmental decisions. Reportedly, he is being urged to…

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Sammy Davis Jr.

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  1. 1. According to the Hebrew Bible (Tanach or Tanakh), who was the first king of the ancient United Kingdom of Israel?
    c. King Saul
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  3. 2. In addition to his wife, Ahinoam, King Saul had a concubine named __________.
    b. Rizpah
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  5. 3. Which king built the first Temple in Jerusalem? ________.
    c. King Solomon
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  7. 4. 4. What was the relationship between King Saul and King David? David was Saul’s _________.
    b. Son-in-law
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  9. 5. Who was King Solomon’s father?
    d. King David
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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?

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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

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