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Daily Archives: May 15, 2022

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Chess4Solidarity: 8-Year-Old Israeli Student Wins International Chess Competition Held on Rhodes

PEOPLEBy Lenny GiteckMay 15, 2022

Sasson played as a representative of Chess4All, the Israeli chess organization responsible for…

Israel and U.S. Joining Forces to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Fight Global Warming

ENVIRONMENTBy Lenny GiteckMay 15, 2022

The US and Israeli governments will jointly invest in energy projects and technologies that will be used to reduce carbon emissions, the [Israeli] Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD) has announced. The new funding cycle will focus on carbon-free technologies that reduce carbon emissions as part of an effort to address climate change and…

eVTOL Flying Cars: Aviation Startup AIR Partners with Australian Company FlyOnE

BUSINESSBy Lenny GiteckMay 15, 2022

FlyOnE aims to deliver the AIR ONE fleet, consisting of 25 vehicles, by 2025.

Weitzmann Institute Researchers Identify Defensive Gene Linked to Lou Gehrig’s Disease

MEDICINEBy Lenny GiteckMay 15, 2022

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease after…

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FUN QUIZ ANSWERS

 

  1. 1. El Al is the world’s only commercial airline to equip its planes with missile defense systems to protect them against surface-to-air missiles.
    a. True

    2.  

  2. 2. In 1991, El AL set the world record for the most passengers on a single commercial aircraft. It was during Operation Solomon, when a total of 14,500 Jewish refugees were transported to Israel from Ethiopia. How many refugees were on that one flight?
    c. 1,088

    3.  

  3. 3. In what year did El Al’s first international flight — from Tel Aviv to Paris, with refueling in Rome — take place?
    b. 1949

    4.  

  4. 4. How many planes are in the current El Al fleet?
    a. 44

    5.  

  5. 5. All El Al airliners are produced by Boeing.
    a. True

    6.  

  6. 6. El Al serves more than               destinations around the world.
    a. 50

NAME THAT ISRAELI! ANSWER

 
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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

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