El Al Israel Airlines Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Buy Arkia Israeli Airlines
“Approval of the MOU is another step on the path towards signing a binding agreement,” said El Al chairman Amikam Ben-Zvi…
“Approval of the MOU is another step on the path towards signing a binding agreement,” said El Al chairman Amikam Ben-Zvi…
Israel’s Defense Ministry and Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems have signed an agreement for the development and production of three advanced submarines for the Israeli Navy. The price of the three Dakar-class diesel-electric submarines will cost more than double the original estimate for a total of around $3.4 billion. The German government will fund one-third of…
Ashkelon is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, 31 miles south of Tel Aviv and 8.1 miles north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Neolithic Age (as far back as 10,000 BCE). In 2016, the population of Ashkelon…
Scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have made a potentially revolutionary discovery…
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through cellular respiration…
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Daliah Lavi
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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