Dr. Ben Corn is a professor of oncology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the deputy director of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Cancer Center, where he is preparing…
Last month, more than 300 Iraqi leaders and activists publicly called for full normalization of relations between their country and Israel.
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Central to the city’s development plan is construction of additional light rail lines, a major high-rise project at the entrance to the city…
The research team, headed by Professor Avner Rothschild and doctoral student Yifat Piekner, is looking at hematite, an iron oxide chemically similar to rust…
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Israeli archeologists have discovered a rudimentary private toilet in Jerusalem believed to come from…
The recently announced decision by ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s to boycott the West Bank and East Jerusalem…
On Feb. 22, 2019, the Israeli SpaceIL lunar lander Beresheet (named after the first book of the Torah) was launched…
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