William “Bill” Ackman, 57, is an American billionaire hedge fund manager who is the founder and chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund management company. As of January 2024, Ackman’s net worth was estimated at $4 billion by Forbes. In October 2023, following the onset of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, several…
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…
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…
By now it should be abundantly clear to everyone — except, perhaps, ardent MAGA…
Kothari made the comments during an interview with Mondoweiss.net, an anti-Zionist website.
Paul O’Brien, the organization’s U.S. director, recently told a Women’s National Democratic…
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When “Jeopardy!” executive producer Michael Richards was named permanent syndicated host…
Following the start of the recent 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas — in which the terrorist organization…
All over the world, Jews honored the memory of the victims, reflected on how and why the Holocaust took place…
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