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|| Leonard and Ronald Lauder: Their Billionaire Family Donates $200 Million to Alzheimer’s Research

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckJune 5, 2023Leave a comment

Billionaire brothers Leonard (pictured, left) and Ronald Lauder — sons of legendary businesswoman Estée Lauder…

|| Sylvan Adams: Bringing His Passion for Cycling to Rwandan Kids, Rescuing Female Afghan Cyclists

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckMarch 12, 2023

Adams recently returned from a visit to Rwanda, where he introduced the team’s Racing for Change initiative. The project…

| Refugees: American Jewish Communities Helping Ukrainians and Afghans Who’ve Made It to the United States

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckNovember 27, 2022

The Biden administration has announced the U.S. will accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees…

JFR: Helping Ukrainians Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust to Survive the Russian Onslaught

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckAugust 28, 2022

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of this year, an American Jewish group…

Amy Weiss: Rabbi Who Founded the Nonprofit ‘Undies for Everyone’ Is Named a CNN Hero

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckJune 19, 2022

Weiss started Undies for Everyone (UFE) in 2008 when a social worker expressed to her the need that disadvantaged youth had for underwear…

Avi Schiffmann and Marco Burstein: Two Harvard Students Create Website to Help House Ukrainian Refugees

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckApril 25, 2022

The site launched on March 3, 2020; within a week, more than 4,000 people had posted listings offering shelter to Ukrainian refugees.

Climate Change: Canadian JNF Launches Annual $1 Million Prize for Innovative Israeli Solutions

TIKKUN OLAM, UncategorizedBy Lenny GiteckJanuary 31, 2022

Since an estimated 326,000 Jews live in the country, that amount is quite impressive.

Canadian Jews: The World’s Fourth Largest Jewish Community Is Working to Help Solve the Climate Crisis

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckOctober 6, 2021

Candian Jews are increasingly turning their attention and activism to environmental issues.

Freedom Farm Sanctuary: Rescuing and Rehabilitating Abused, Neglected, Disabled Farm Animals

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckJune 30, 2021

The facility is the brainchild and passion of two Israeli businesswomen: Adit Romano and Meital Ben Ari…

India COVID Crisis: Israel Joins Other Counties in Providing Desperately Needed Emergency Aid

TIKKUN OLAMBy Lenny GiteckMay 5, 2021

Israeli NGO IsraAID and Israel-based NGO SmartAid have begun sending planeloads of…

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FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  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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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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