*You* Can Help Fight Antisemitism! Here Are Some of the Many Resources, Methods, and Tools Available
Helping to combat antisemitism may seem daunting, but there are things all of us can do to play a part. Check out…
Helping to combat antisemitism may seem daunting, but there are things all of us can do to play a part. Check out…
Ezra Pound (Oct. 30, 1885 – Nov. 1 1972) was a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement. He also was an American expatriate collaborator in Italy: During the Second World War, Pound embraced Benito Mussolini’s fascism and expressed support for Adolf Hitler. While the war and the Holocaust were underway, he made hundreds…
On Jan. 27, 1945, troops of the Red Army liberated Auschwitz, one of the most infamous of the Nazi concentration camps.
The stories of Evelyn Markus, her family during the Second World War, the Jews of The Netherlands back then, and antisemitism in Holland in recent years…
An in-depth interview by Lenny Giteck, publisher and editor Evelyn Markus, her family during the Second World War, the Jews of The Netherlands back then, and antisemitism in Holland and the rest of Europe in recent years make up the primary focus of the powerful and disturbing documentary Never Again Is Now. The…
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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