‘Wonder Woman’ star Gal Gadot will get her own star on Hollywood’s “Walk of Fame,” becoming the first Israeli actor to receive the honor. Over two dozen entertainers from the fields of movies, television, music, and theater will receive stars next year as part of the Walk of Fame’s “Class of 2024.” The Walk of…
In August 2022, the Mossad made history by. announcing it had appointed two women to senior roles in the organization…
…in the most recent United Nations World Happiness Report, Israel took the number nine slot.
Sasson played as a representative of Chess4All, the Israeli chess organization responsible for…
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…
Dr. Marian Khatib, 40, Israel’s first Arab breast surgeon, has been named Director of the Breast Surgery Center at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. She is also the only onconoplastic breast surgeon in the country’s public health system who performs both the resection and reconstruction of breast cancer patients. Dr. Khatib studied medicine at The…
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…
Sapir Berman, an experienced, male professional soccer referee, has announced publicly that she is now a transgender woman. Not long after coming out, the 26-year-old Berman went back onto the field as head ref in a Premiere League match between Hapoel Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem. Berman was received matter-of-factly by the crowd –which was small…
On April 14 — 15 the citizens of Israel and Jews all over the world will celebrate Independence Day 2021, the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish state. As every year, that joyous occasion will be preceded by two somber observances: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), honoring the millions who perished at the…
Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first astronaut, was a member of the Columbia space shuttle crew that died in 2003 when the Columbia disintegrated during its return to earth. In addition to many other achievements and exploits, Ramon was one of the IAF fighter pilots who attacked the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981. (See the HISTORY section…
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