INTRODUCTION Quote: “ ‘We decided to continue the workshops, this time in both Hebrew and Arabic,’ says Godder. The meetings were open to women from Jaffa and included movement exercises drawing on Godder’s release-based practice and Garabli’s expertise in Palestinian Dabke. ‘At the end of the workshop, we would sit around stretching and everyone…
INTRODUCTION Quote: “To believe we can supply food with this land was a dream,” says Danielle Abraham, director of the International Friends of Volcani. “To undertake agriculture successfully, a country needs four key resources: water, land, human resources, and export markets. With none of these resources readily available, Israel was forced to invest in…
A few months after the Abraham Accords were signed in September 2020, Morocco signed…
We’ve all heard about fish stories (“It was HUGE but it got away at the last second!”). Well, this is a strawberry story: It was HUGE but it didn’t get away. In fact, after it was grown (10.19 ounces), it was stored away in Israeli farmer Ariel Chahi’s freezer. The amazing strawberry won Chahi a…
The first Jewish Temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount was built by King Solomon and was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The Second Temple…
Pop singer Noa Kirel, 20, rose to fame in Israel when she appeared in the Pushers documentary series from HOT, a major Israeli cable and Internet provider. The series tracks parents who push their children to success in different areas. It featured Kirel and her father, who was financially supporting her entertainment career development. Since…
Quote: “Noa Kirel is for the girls,” writes People reporter Daniela Avila. “This 20-year-old pop queen tells PEOPLE she’s ‘all about embracing yourself, being an independent woman, owning what you got and working hard to achieve your dreams.’” Sources: Wikipedia (introduction), The Jerusalem Post (introducitona nd quotation) Learn more about Noa Kirel…
Quote: “According to Vatican expert Dr. Michael A. Calvo, those vessels and others found their way to the Vatican via another route, after making their way to Byzantium: “These include Temple candelabra given to Pope Innocent III by Baldwin I after the sacking of Constantinople and the massacre of the Christian Orthodox population,” Calvo claims.…
Quote: “Chahi Ariel had been hoping he was on to a winner when he saw how big the fruit were growing on his family farm last year. He has been waiting for confirmation it was a record while keeping the giant strawberry in the freezer as proof.” Sources: The Guardian (introduction and Quotation)…
INTRODUCTION Quote: “To believe we can supply food with this land was a dream,” says Danielle Abraham, director of the International Friends of Volcani. “To undertake agriculture successfully, a country needs four key resources: water, land, human resources, and export markets. With none of these resources readily available, Israel was forced to invest in…
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