Morocco: North African Country to Make Tel Aviv Liaison Office Its Official Embassy in Israel
The Muslim nation of Morocco reportedly will be transforming the liaison office it maintains in Tel Aviv into its embassy…
The Muslim nation of Morocco reportedly will be transforming the liaison office it maintains in Tel Aviv into its embassy…
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have created an ultra-thin piece of technology only two atoms thick. The result of a multi-disciplinary effort from TAU’s Raymond and Beverly Sackler schools of Physics and Astronomy and of Chemistry, the findings of the study were published in Science magazine. The breakthrough could “significantly boost the speed and efficiency…
Israel may be a tiny country geographically and a small country in population, but it is recognized internationally as a giant in innovation — hence the bestselling 2009 book and informal moniker “The Startup Nation.” People all over the world are using innovative, even revolutionary, products and services created in Israel, even though in most…
The holy day of Tisha B’Av is without a doubt the most sorrowful, most somber day in the Jewish religious calendar…
Of the many ancient historical sites found in Israel, one of the most impressive is Caesarea, located on the Mediterranean coast about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa. The name derives from the ancient city of Caesarea Maritima, which was built by Herod the Great, the Roman client king of Judea, about 25–13 BCE. At…
Although the 11 Israeli athletes brutally murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympics in Munich have been remembered and honored during a number of Olympic Games since then, they have never been memorialized in an opening ceremony. That just changed at the opening of the Olympics in Tokyo. Quote: “In particular we remember…
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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