Skip to content
Amazing Jews
In Celebration of the Jewish People
Amazing Jews
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • TEAM
  • DONATE
  • CONTACT
  • COMMENT
  • NAVIGATE
    • Navigate
      • IDEAS TO PONDER
      • IN THE NEWS
      • THE ISRAEL FILE
      • IN THE SPOTLIGHT
      • TIKKUN OLAM
      • SHOW BIZ
      • MEDIA
      • THE ARTS
      • GOVERNMENT
      • THE LAW
      • BUSINESS
      • SCIENCE
      • ATHLETICS
      • WRITING
      • RELIGION
      • CULTURE
      • MUSIC
      • HILARIOUS JEWS
      • HALL OF FAME
Search:
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • TEAM
  • DONATE
  • CONTACT
  • COMMENT
  • NAVIGATE
    • Navigate
      • IDEAS TO PONDER
      • IN THE NEWS
      • THE ISRAEL FILE
      • IN THE SPOTLIGHT
      • TIKKUN OLAM
      • SHOW BIZ
      • MEDIA
      • THE ARTS
      • GOVERNMENT
      • THE LAW
      • BUSINESS
      • SCIENCE
      • ATHLETICS
      • WRITING
      • RELIGION
      • CULTURE
      • MUSIC
      • HILARIOUS JEWS
      • HALL OF FAME

Category Archives: HILARIOUS JEWS

You are here:
  1. Home
  2. Category "HILARIOUS JEWS"

Sid Caesar: Sketch Comedy Actor and Writer, Superstar of 1950s American Television

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckSeptember 30, 2021

Sid Caesar had a show business career spanning six decades. He was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series…

Larry David: Comedy Genius Behind ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ — Plus Bernie Sanders on ‘SNL’

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckApril 30, 2021

Lawrence “Larry” David is a comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created…

Andy Borowitz: Writer, Comedian, Satirist, and Actor — One Very Funny Jewish Dude (Jewd)

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckMarch 14, 2021

Andy Borowitz is a New York Times-bestselling author who won the first National Press Club award for humor.

Billy Crystal: Comedian, Actor, Singer, Writer, Producer, Director, and Television Host

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckJanuary 31, 2021

The multitalented William “Billy” Crystal (72) is mainly known as a VFG (Very Funny Guy). Beyond his gift for comedy, he’s an actor…

Seth Rogen: Funnyman, Actor, Screenwriter, Director, and Producer

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckDecember 29, 2020

He has had major roles in the feature films The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, Steve Jobs, Superbad, Pineapple Express, The Green Hornet…

Jon Stewart: For 16 Years, Host of the Satirical News Program ‘The Daily Show’

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckNovember 30, 2020

Jon Stewart (58) is a comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host.

Jerry Seinfeld: No Introduction Needed for this Observational Comedian, Actor, Writer, and Producer

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckOctober 20, 2020

Does Jerry Seinfeld (66) really need an introduction? No… but we’ll provide one anyway in case some of our readers are extraterrestrials…

Harvey Korman: Mother Marcus, the Super-Buxom Yenta on ‘The Carol Burnett Show’

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckAugust 20, 2020

Harvey Korman (Feb. 15, 1927 — May 29, 2008) was a television and movie actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known…

Andy Kaufman: Latka Gravas, Elvis Presley, Tony Clifton, and More

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckAugust 4, 2020

Andy Kaufman (Jan. 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an innovative entertainer, actor, and performance artist…

Carl Reiner: Comedian, Screenwriter, Actor, Author, and Director Dies at 98

HILARIOUS JEWSBy Lenny GiteckJuly 7, 2020

For more than seven decades, Carl Reiner made Americans and people around the world laugh.

→123→

Created and Published by Project Star of David | © Project Star of David

Go to Top

FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  1. 1. How many “Principles of Faith” did the great 12th century philosopher and scholar Maimonides postulate?
    d. 13
  2.  

  3. 2. Judaism is not just a religion. It is a culture, a political force, and even an ethnic group.
    a. True
  4.  

  5. 3. How many times a day do observant Jews pray?
    a. Three
  6.  

  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
  8.  

  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
  10.  

  11. 6. What percentage of Jews live outside Israel and the United States?
    c. 24%
  12.  

NAME THAT JEW! ANSWER

 

Irving Berlin

Learn more about him from Wikipedia. Click here.

DON’T MISS OUT ON
ANY OF THE PRIDE!

Sign up to receive our FREE
AmazingJews monthly e-updates.

  • We will never share your e-mail address with anyone.
  • If you’ve already subscribed, please disregard this.

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

This section is still in the works.

We appreciate your patience!