Alex Edelman: An Award-Winning Comedian Shares Some Serious Thoughts on Antisemitism
Edelman is a very funny guy, but in the article and video linked below, he offers some thoughtful observations about antisemitism.
Edelman is a very funny guy, but in the article and video linked below, he offers some thoughtful observations about antisemitism.
When Eddie Jaku was a teenager growing up in Germany, he believed his native country to be the most civilized place on Earth. He soon found out how wrong he was. After being captured and brutalized by the Nazis, he was shipped off to Buchenwald and later to Auschwitz. Jaku eventually escaped an infamous “death…
On Dec. 8, 2020, a webinar was held on the timely topic “Antisemitism in America — How Bad Is It?” The webinar was presented by ADL Connecticut, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and The Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. The speakers were Mark Weitzman and Kenneth Jacobson. Weitzman is Director of Government Affairs and of the…
Chitayat created a video titled “I’m That Jew” and gave a Ted Talk about the story behind the video and the response it elicited.
The Nazi regime in Germany constructed thousands of concentration camps, but perhaps…
Jerry Springer (76) hosted his eponymous and raucous tabloid television program, The Jerry Springer Show, from 1991 to 2018. Currently, he presides over a new courtroom program called Judge Jerry. (Springer is also an attorney.) On a more serious and personal note, Springer was featured on the American television genealogy series Who Do You Think…
Today there are thought to be more than 150,000 Jews living in Germany -– making the country home to one of the world’s largest Jewish communities. Many among the new German Jews immigrated to the country from the former Soviet Union and Eastern European states. Just as recent years have seen a major upsurge in…
“Anti-Semitism in France” is an excellent — and moving and disturbing — documentary about the rise of Jew-hatred and anti-Jewish violence in today’s France. It focuses on a retired French policeman (“The Kosher Cop”) who moved to Israel because of what he saw taking place throughout France. (Tens of thousands of French Jews have immigrated…
“Projections of Life: Jewish Life Before World War II,” which is linked below, is an eye-opening look at Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust. The video consists of rare film clips that show a range of Jewish communities and life situations. We found it riveting — if difficult to watch — and extremely moving.…
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…
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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