Ice Cube Tweets Antisemitic Messages, Memes, and Conspiracy Theories — Plus Much More Antisemitism News
Rapper, actor, and filmmaker Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson), 51, has an extensive background of….
Rapper, actor, and filmmaker Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson), 51, has an extensive background of….
Mohammed Abdulkarim (Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa), 55, is Secretary General of the Muslim World League and President of the International Islamic Halal Organization. Previously, he was Minister of Justice of Saudi Arabia. Abdulkarim is an ardent foe of inter-religious intolerance — including antisemitism. He was awarded the first-ever Combat Anti-Semitism Award at a ceremony…
In the article linked below, Frida Ghitis writes perceptively about the upsurge in antisemitism and what it portends for the afflicted societies. Ghitis, who is not Jewish, is a columnist and analyst on world affairs. Previously a long-time correspondent and producer at CNN, she continues to appear occasionally on the network as a commentator. Her…
NEW! USA | “The number of Americans who hold antisemitic beliefs increased to 24 percent, up from 20 percent in 2022, according to a survey conducted by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Antisemitism Research. And in contrast to years prior in which older generations were more likely to harbor extensive antisemitic prejudice than younger…
If you are under the misapprehension that there are limits to crazy conspiracy theories about the Jewish people, think again. One noted UFOlogist and purveyor of wild-and-wacky ideas is Linda Moutlon-Howe, an “investigative journalist” who has claimed, among many other things, that the U.S. government is in cahoots with extraterrestrials. Her ideas have…
Bari Weiss, 36, is an opinion editor at The New York Times and author of the 2019 book How to Fight Antisemitism, which garnered a National Jewish Book Award. The 2018 mass murder at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh — the very same congregation where her bat mitzvah was held -– was a…
A frequently heard view from many historians — Muslin historians in particular — has been that Jews living under Islamic rule fared far better than their coreligionists living under Christian rule. While that may have been true to an extent, the bar for comparison set by Christians was abysmally low. During the millennium of Muslim…
Dr. Philip Fernbach is a cognitive scientist and professor of marketing at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In addition, he is co-director of the Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making, an affiliate of the Institute of Cognitive Science, and of the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility. In his TedTalk “Why do we…
James Loeffler is Professor of Jewish History at the University of Virginia. His books include The Most Musical Nation: Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire and Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century. Loeffler’s writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Tablet,…
Adolf Eichmann (March 19, 1906 – June 1, 1962) was a member of the Nazi SS who became known (accurately or not) as “the architect of the Holocaust.” He planned and oversaw the deportation of European Jews to ghettos and concentration camps, where they ultimately met their deaths. In 1960, Eichmann was captured in Argentina…
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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