“Projections of Life: Jewish Life Before World War II,” which is linked below, is an eye-opening look at Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust. The video consists of rare film clips that show a range of Jewish communities and life situations. We found it riveting — if difficult to watch — and extremely moving.…
Father Charles Coughlin (October 25, 1891 — October 27, 1979) was a Roman Catholic priest and radio personality who spewed his antisemitic views to an estimated 30 million listeners during the 1930s. “A variation of the Fascist agenda applied to American culture” is one way his radio program has been described. In 1939, his show…
Bodhan Khmelnytsky (1595-1657) was a Cossack leader who carried out an uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Ukraine). During the fighting, Khmelnytsky and his followers committed a horrific mass murder of Jews. Due to lack of records, estimates of the number of Jewish victims range from tens of thousands on the low end, to as…
Ten years ago, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) produced a document titled “The Top Ten Anti-Israel Groups in America.” Despite the passage of a decade, online research indicates all 10 are still functioning organizations. Note: The links in the document to find additional information about the groups are no longer operative. However, all the groups have…
The blood libel — the accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals, especially for baking Passover matzos — is one of history’s most pernicious and long-lived antisemitic tropes. Dr. Magda Teter has conducted extensive research on the subject and authored the book Blood Libel: On the Trail of an…
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