October 7, 2023, witnessed the largest deadly attack against Jews since the Holocaust. The massacre not only killed 1,200 people, it also involved horrific barbarism — including burning human beings alive, the rape of women, beheadings, other mutilations… the list goes on. And 240 people — most of them civilians — were kidnapped and forcibly…
It is estimated that a greater number of Jews in Arab countries — where Jewish communities had existed for centuries — were ethnically cleansed and became refugees after the creation of Israel than the number of Palestinian refugees that resulted. That and previous Mizrahi suffering because of antisemitism have largely been overlooked by the world…
The Zone of Interest — a recently released movie directed by Jewish-British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer — is a departure from traditional Holocaust cinematic fare. It does not visually depict atrocities committed in Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi extermination camp. Instead, it tells the story of camp commandant Rudolf Höss and his family building a seemingly idyllic…
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