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| 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…

Tom Goldstein: Prolific and Highly Respected Litigator Before the U.S. Supreme Court

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckFebruary 7, 2021

Thomas “Tom” Goldstein (50-51) is an attorney known for his frequent appearance before the United States Supreme Court. Indeed, over the past 15 years he has served as one of the lawyers in just under 10% of the cases argued before the High Court. Goldstein is also the co-founder of SCOTUSblog, the most widely read…

Merrick Garland: Former Judge of the United States D.C. Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Nominee

THE LAWBy Lenny GiteckDecember 30, 2020

UPDATE | Jan. 6, 2021 | President-elect Joe Biden reportedly has decided to nominate Merrick Garland to be Attorney General of the United States.   Merrick Garland (68) served as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit beginning in 1997. From February 2013 to…

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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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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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