Sid Caesar: Sketch Comedy Actor and Writer, Superstar of 1950s American Television
Sid Caesar had a show business career spanning six decades. He was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series…
Sid Caesar had a show business career spanning six decades. He was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series…
Lawrence “Larry” David is a comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created…
Andy Borowitz is a New York Times-bestselling author who won the first National Press Club award for humor.
The multitalented William “Billy” Crystal (72) is mainly known as a VFG (Very Funny Guy). Beyond his gift for comedy, he’s an actor…
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 (58) is a comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host.
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 (Feb. 15, 1927 — May 29, 2008) was a television and movie actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known…
Andy Kaufman (Jan. 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an innovative entertainer, actor, and performance artist…
For more than seven decades, Carl Reiner made Americans and people around the world laugh.
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Sammy Davis Jr.
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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