Compare and Contrast: Antisemitism in America vs. Antisemitism in Europe
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Palestinian incitement against Israel and Jews in general is nothing new: It has been well-documented over the years. Sometimes claims about Israel would be laughable were they not seeding Jew-hatred and violence. One recent example: A Palestinian TV program for children accused Israel of deliberately killing Palestinian kids. Ironic, since at the innumerable Palestinian riots…
In April of this year, when New York City mayor Bill de Blasio used Twitter to call out the city’s Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community for not following social distancing rules, his message ignited a firestorm. Some — most notably President Trump, Rudi Giuliani, and The Federalist website, as well as many Jews — immediately branded…
The Nazi regime in Germany constructed thousands of concentration camps, but perhaps…
It may not be widely known, but the U.S. government has an Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, which is…
Talia Lavin — a 31-year-old journalist, anti-fascist, and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors…
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…
The past few years have brought a sharp rise in antisemitic extremism and episodes…
In December 2019, The Atlantic magazine published an in-depth article on the fear gripping…
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (Sept. 29, 1904 — Feb. 16, 1973) was a German Nazi (reportedly out of nationalistic, not antisemitic reasons) diplomat living in occupied Denmark. When he learned the Nazis were planning to deport the country’s Jews to concentration camps, he alerted the Danes and arranged with Sweden to give them refuge, As a…
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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