As an attorney, Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) fought tirelessly on behalf of progressive causes and against public corruption, powerful corporations and business monopolies. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson nominated him for the U.S. Supreme Court — a nomination that anti-Semites and big-business interests strongly opposed. Once on the Supreme…
Dahlia Lithwick, 50, is a Canadian-American attorney, journalist and writer. A contributing editor at Newsweek and senior editor at Slate, Lithwick focuses on the law and politics. At Slate, she writes for the “Supreme Court Dispatches” and “Jurisprudence” columns; she also hosts the podcast “Amicus.” Her writing has appeared in The New Republic, The Washington…
Attorney Jill Wine-Banks, 74, often appears on MSNBC to provide her insights into the ongoing investigation by special prosecutor Robert Mueller — among other topics. She is noted for giving cogent analyses of the issue involved and for making complex legal subjects understandable to the average layperson. Wine-Banks’ expertise stems from an impressive and trailblazing…
Twenty-five years ago, attorneys Barry Scheck (left) and Peter Neufeld (both now 67) founded the Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal organization dedicated to exonerating convicts who were wrongly convicted of serious crimes in the U.S. As of March 2016, the project accomplished that in 350 cases – with 20 of those prisoners having previously been…
Prof. Laurence Henry “Larry” Tribe, 75, is a renowned professor of Constitutional law at Harvard University. In addition, he is the cofounder of the American Constitution Society, a liberal law and policy organization. (Interestingly, Tribe was born in Shanghai, China, a city that became a safe haven for some European Jews who managed to escape…
Attorney Gloria Allred frequently appears on television news programs to speak about the often-controversial cases she takes on. The 75-year-old Allred is best known for representing clients in women’s rights cases, including those involving alleged sexual harassment; in addition, she has represented people in civil rights, wrongful termination and employment discrimination cases. She was characterized…
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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