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This month (March 2022), a series of 18 bomb threats have been made against Jewish community centers around the country. Targeted centers have included those in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Jersey. The threats have come with the phrase “Jew filth.” In response, the Anti-Defamation League said, “We remain in ongoing contact with local…
In a shocking display of disrespect toward the memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, two German police officers were photographed doing pushups on the concrete block monument of the Berlin Holocaust Memorial. The Berlin Police Headquarters issued an apology for the incident, and Berlin police chief Barbara Selwick said that “the…
Noor Ahmad Noor, a Norwegian imam, reportedly has made numerous antisemitic statements on Facebook over the years, including in 2019. From the article linked below: “The Norway branch of Minhaj-ul-Quran, an international Muslim organization that is considered moderate and geared toward outreach, suspended Noor Ahmad Noor indefinitely on Monday following an exposé… on his antisemitic…
We asked readers to share their personal experiences with antisemitism. Here is what one wrote: I was born in Antwerp, Belgium on July 1, 1932. Hitler invaded the country in May 1940. When the invasion began, we woke up one morning to the sound of booms. I remember running into my grandmother’s room and…
We asked readers to share their personal experiences with antisemitism. Here is what one wrote: I first experienced antisemiticism at age 7 or 8 when I was called a “kike” and a “dirty Jew” by an elementary school classmate. I didn’t know what kike meant but figured it wasn’t flattering when paired with dirty…
We asked readers to share their personal experiences with antisemitism. Here is what one wrote: I moved to a small town in upstate New York in 1977, where I opened my general law practice. The town, high in the Catskill Mountains, has a widely diverse ethnic population, especially in the summer when all the…
We asked readers to share their personal experiences with antisemitism. Here is what one wrote: I was a junior high [middle school] student in the early ’60s. One day when I was opening my locker, a student came up and started pushing me. He then proceeded to hit me and call me a “kike,”…
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
