Founder, owner and earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters, Abe Saperstein The internationally famous Harlem Globetrotters were founded in 1927 by Abe Saperstein, a 5’5” Jewish immigrant born in 1902 London, England, and raised on Chicago’s North Side. Discovering a small group of black basketball players, he created a team that traveled around the country …
Jewish Inventor, Mikhail Leontyevich Mil Maybe he had a maple tree and was motivated by the seeds that fall and spin like helicopters. But whatever inspired the idea, Mikhail Leontyevich Mil (1909-1970), a Soviet aerospace engineer and scientist, developed the blades that led to the production of helicopters for both civil and military purposes. Born …
Jewish children learn to be respectful of others, value life, and respect law, both biblical and civil. So it’s probably not a stretch to understand why there are many Jewish lawyers and judges in the world. In that regard, we focus here on Benjamin Cardozo, best known as the second Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice, …
I scream. You scream. We all scream for… Everyone likes ice cream, right? Well, what do you think the following brands have in common? Ben and Jerry’s, Baskin-Robbins, Häagen-Dazs, and (non-dairy) Tofutti. Yes, they were all developed, founded or co-founded by Jewish entrepreneurs. Here’s the SCOOP:1. Interestingly enough, Häagen-Dazs was created in 1959 by Reuben …
Famous Books written by Jewish Authors For you readers, you’ve seen lists of bestselling books, most influential books, classic titles and authors, and you know the intrinsic value of reading a good book. We thought you might find the following dozen plus book titles a reminder of the contribution Jewish authors made in the field …
Capturing Lightening in a Bottle: Top 10 medical breakthroughs! It’s no surprise to anyone that we are all better off because of many smart, hardworking Jewish doctors and researchers. Here’s our Top 10 list of Jewish medical contributions that help us live longer and better lives: 1. Polio vaccine: Jonas Salk, who said, “Our greatest …
Toys? Jewish? Improving the world? You decide! What do Mr. Potato Head, the Teddy Bear, Transform ers, Barbie, GI Joe and Bratz Dolls, Magic 8 Ball, and the home video game console all have in common? Jewish inventor/creators! George Lerner, born in Brooklyn, NY, created Mr. Potato Head in 1952. Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian-Jewish …
You’ve heard the words – “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,…” And for many if not most of us, our great-great-grandparents or some level of elders on our family tree, passed by those words, found on the base of the Statue of Liberty, as they entered the United States. …
What got you through COVID? What product did you purchase so much more during COVID than you’d ever purchased before? Besides masks. That’s right – Purell! So here’s the story: In 1946, Jewish-Americans Goldie and Jerry Lippman founded a little company they called, GOJO Industries in Akron, Ohio, where they developed and manufactured their product, …
Maybe U.S. Patent No. 2,612,994 doesn’t mean much to you. But have you ever seen or used a bar code? You can thank two Jewish-Americans, Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver for developing the first optically scanned bar code, patented in 1952. You may not remember before bar codes but one had to trust the …
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