Antisemitism on U.S. college and university campuses has gained wide media attention of late — including coverage of testimony before Congress by three presidents of major American universities who would not unequivocally condemn calls for genocide against Jews. (The president of the University of Pennsylvania resigned as a result.) Unfortunately, it turns out that rampant…
An in-depth interview by Lenny Giteck, publisher and editor Note: This is an encore presentation of the interview that we first published in 2021. Given developments in 2023, it is more relevant than ever. In recent years, antisemitic beliefs and incidents have risen sharply at American institutions of higher learning, creating a hostile environment for…
In an incisive and sobering article on CNN.com (“Trump is explaining exactly how wild and extreme his second term would be”), reporter Stephen Collinson writes: “Trump’s bluntness and carefully maintained image as an outsider, despite the fact that he used to live in the White House, allow him to endlessly tap a seam of resentment…
In recent years, Elon Musk (reportedly worth $251.3 billion) has become increasingly right-wing in his political positions, as well as increasingly mercurial and unhinged in the view of many. One of the latest examples of his questionable judgment: His acquisition of Twitter, which he has rebranded as X. Since Musk took over the online social…
Speaking at a Fatah party conference, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas expanded on a number of antisemitic claims he has made previously, including that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had Jews slaughtered because of their “social role” as moneylenders, not because of his enmity toward Jews and Judaism. The 87-year-old Abbas also said Ashkenazi Jews are…
Despite its attempts to refute charges of antisemitism, the Iranian Ayatollah regime has indeed expressed antisemitic views against Jews in general — not to mention its incessant threats to wipe the Jewish State off the map. A new Israeli social media campaign is supporting the Iranian people and their desire for change, as differentiated from…
Natan Levy is an Israeli professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Recently, he sparred (cage fight)…
Elie Wiesel (September 30, 1928 — July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. He was a professor…
Thanks to the 1993 epic movie Schindler’s List, we know the story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish–Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II [Wikipedia]. What most people don’t know is that Schindler wasn’t the only Nazi to…
The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain. Quote: “Bernstein’s adult children say they are ‘heartbroken’ over the criticism. ‘It happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose,’ Jamie, Alexander and Nina Bernstein tweeted on their father’s social media account. ‘Bradley chose to use makeup to amplify his resemblance,…
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