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…
Ben M. Freeman is a renowned thinker, educator, and writer who focuses on Jewish identity…
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…
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…
“I’ll put it this way: ‘The Protocols’ has been sort of an incubator for Jew-hate.”
An in-depth interview by Lenny Giteck, publisher and editor Perhaps history’s most dangerous and destructive piece of antisemitic propaganda is The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an approximately 150-page work of fiction that generations of Jew-haters have believed as true. Many still do. Here is how the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…
In recent years, antisemitic beliefs and incidents have risen sharply at American…
An in-depth interview by Lenny Giteck, publisher and editor In recent years, antisemitic beliefs and incidents have risen sharply at American institutions of higher learning, creating a hostile environment for many Jewish students and faculty members. Some of the increase in antisemitism stems from actions by anti-Zionist, anti-Israel activists who display swastikas and other…
An in-depth interview by Lenny Giteck, publisher and editor In recent years, antisemitic beliefs and incidents have risen sharply on US college and university campuses, creating a hostile environment for Jewish students and faculty members alike. Some of the rise in antisemitism stems from activities by anti-Zionist, anti-Israel activists who employ swastikas and other Jew-hatred…
The past few years have brought a sharp rise in antisemitic extremism and episodes…
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