Talia Lavin: ‘Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy’
Talia Lavin — a 31-year-old journalist, anti-fascist, and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors…
Talia Lavin — a 31-year-old journalist, anti-fascist, and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors…
On Nov, 9-10, 1938, a horrific pogrom against Jews was carried out in Germany, Austria, and the occupied part of Czechoslovakia. Known in German as Kristallnacht and dubbed the “Night of Broken Glass,” at least 91 Jews were murdered outright and hundreds of others perished by maltreatment at the hands of Nazi paramilitary forces and…
On April 6-8, 1903 — continuing on April 19-21 and later in October 1905 — vicious anti-Jewish attacks, which became known as the Kishinev Pogrom, took place in the Bessarabia Governorate in the Russian Empire. (The location is now Chișinău, the capital of Moldova.) At the time, the antisemitic murders, rapes, and destruction of property…
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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