Hooray for the Jews!!!!!!

[applecorped]

http://www.jinfo.org/



"The purpose of this website is to provide an online resource that accurately describes the Jewish contribution to the cultural, scientific, and technological evolution of civilization."

After reading many damning things about Jews and Judaism on this site it is about time to look at the positives!


Let's take a look at the sciences to start:

Nobel prize winners -


Chemistry (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Chemistry.html) (30 prize winners, 20% of world total, 28% of US total)
Economics (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Economics.html) (26 prize winners, 42% of world total, 56% of US total)
Literature (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Literature.html) (13 prize winners, 12% of world total, 27% of US total)
Peace (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Peace.html) (9 prize winners, 9% of world total, 10% of US total)3

Physics (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Physics.html) (47 prize winners, 26% of world total, 37% of US total)
Physiology or Medicine (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Medicine.html) (53 prize winners, 28% of world total, 41% of US total)

[quarky]

Don't forget comedians.

[Doctor Evil]

On the other hand, it may be a good idea to forget the food.

[Ausmerican]

Great job of showing the positives of Jews in general. Now about those positive things about Judaism? :D

[Skeptic Guy]

Hah! More evidence that the Jews do, indeed, control the world!

:D

[Safe-Keeper]

Great job of showing the positives of Jews in general. Now about those positive things about Judaism? :D

I have a disdain for Christianity, Judaism, and the Old and New Testament, but find most Christians I know, excepting the fundies, to be great people. I expect most Jews are good guys, too.

[Ausmerican]

:D

I have a disdain for Christianity, Judaism, and the Old and New Testament, but find most Christians I know, excepting the fundies, to be great people. I expect most Jews are good guys, too.

I agree 100% Not to mention without Lewis Black and Jon Stewart life would be less funny. But that has not a thing to do with Judaism any more than a discussion of how cool many or most christians has to do with christianity. I was talking about the religion, not the religious.

[Skeptic Guy]

And let's not forget the Jewish contribution to music...well kind of

OtHaZuT38Uw

[tomwaits]

I actually think Judaism is one of the most poignant religions in history. The whole idea of a emotional struggle with God is very interesting, with a history of people holding their hands up in the air and yelling "WHY?????" It doesn't surprise me that Islam and Christianity are descended from it.

[Lisa Simpson]

And let's not forget the Jewish contribution to music...well kind of

OtHaZuT38Uw

What about Sammy Davis, Jr.?

[Skeptic Guy]

That's true, he did convert, didn't he?

I was being funny, but the Jewish contribution to the world songbook and music in general is huge. I shouldn't have made light of it.

In fact, a very famous commedian/singer, Eddie Cantor, started Sammy on his road to conversion.

[Ausmerican]

And let's not forget the Jewish contribution to music...well kind of

OtHaZuT38Uw

Wouldn't the Beastie Boys also count?

[Safe-Keeper]

You are all forgetting the #1 contribution of Jews to humanity: Jew jokes!

There are two kinds of Jew jokes - those that attack Jews (made by antisemitic idiots) and those made by the Jews themselves. The latter display a stunning mastery of black humor and self-irony, although some of them are a bit hard to get if you're not Jewish or lack a knowledge of Jewish culture.

[jimtron]

Don't forget comedians.

Jews have been hugely influential with American comedy: Marx Brothers, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Andy Kaufman, Borscht Belt comics, Albert Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, Lorne Michaels, Jon Stewart...

[Thunder]

Ever read the book "How the Irish saved civilization"?

=)

[NobbyNobbs]

Ironically, a surprising number of Christmas songs were written by Jews.

[fuelair]

And let's not forget the Jewish contribution to music...well kind of

OtHaZuT38Uw

Fear the forces of Klesmer!!!!!!

[Skeptic]

On the other hand, it may be a good idea to forget the food.

You're acting like anybody in his right mind can dislike tschulent with kishke and gefulte fisch with borscht to drink on the side. And some kugel for dessert, of course. I mean, what are you, some kind of antisemite or something?

[Skeptic]

Fear the forces of klesmer!!!

That's pronounced klay-zmer -- literally, "instrument of song [or music]." The plural is klay-zmerim (lit. "instruments of song"), used when there's more than one person playing in the band (as you said, "sort of".)

This kind of music is quite popular in Israel -- and they say Jews are masochistic for some reason -- though more for emotional reasons ("that's the kind of music grandpa used to listen to!") than due to any objective musical standard, I am quite sure.

There's even a band of openly homosexual Israeli men which plays just this sort of traditional Jewish music in weddings, parties, etc. They call themselves...

...(waaaaaaaaaaait for it)...

....the gay-zmerim.

I'm not making this up, I swear.

[Skeptic]

Ah yes, Sammy Davis Jr. The world's funniest one-eyed black Jew.

[Doctor Evil]

You're acting like anybody in his right mind can dislike tschulent with kishke and gefulte fisch with borscht to drink on the side. And some kugel for dessert, of course. I mean, what are you, some kind of antisemite or something?

Well, from all the dishes you mentioned I only like Kugel. Others are passable.

BTW, if you have not figured that out, my previous post was not meant to be taken seriously.

[gdnp]

And let's not leave out baseball. There's Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg...uh, Ron Bloomberg...

[blobru]

And let's not leave out baseball. There's Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg...uh, Ron Bloomberg...


David was a heckuva pitcher, especially his bean ball!

[a_unique_person]

Don't forget my Jewish great grandfather. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be here.

[fuelair]

That's pronounced klay-zmer -- literally, "instrument of song [or music]." The plural is klay-zmerim (lit. "instruments of song"), used when there's more than one person playing in the band (as you said, "sort of".)

This kind of music is quite popular in Israel -- and they say Jews are masochistic for some reason -- though more for emotional reasons ("that's the kind of music grandpa used to listen to!") than due to any objective musical standard, I am quite sure.

There's even a band of openly homosexual Israeli men which plays just this sort of traditional Jewish music in weddings, parties, etc. They call themselves...

...(waaaaaaaaaaait for it)...

....the gay-zmerim.

I'm not making this up, I swear.
I believe you - I first met the name on a radio station (public but NOT PBS) in the Tampa/St. Pete/ Clearwater area in the '8os that had a klesmer show every Sunday (and lots of other various culture music hours during it's broadcast schedule).

[mrbaracuda]

Hooray! \o/
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[Cavemonster]

On the other hand, it may be a good idea to forget the food.

Where would we be without bagels?

[Doctor Evil]

Where would we be without bagels?

Bagles are good. :D

Though, I think they are mostly popular in the US. Due to that, I am not sure whether they can be counted as a traditionally Jewish food or not.

[hgc]

Ever read the book "How the Irish saved civilization"?

=)


Yeah. It's written by the same guy who wrote "The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels."

Hmmm...

[Damien Evans]

Yeah. It's written by the same guy who wrote "The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels."

Hmmm...

And "Sailing The Wine-Dark Sea".

[danava]

And let's not forget the Jewish contribution to music...well kind of

OtHaZuT38Uw

Ahh, through the past year I've become a huge fan of Matisyahu. I stumbled upon his music by some chance and I'm pretty happy about that :) I acknowledge him as currently being the best Jewish contributor to the reggae/rap/rock music. He's also releasing a new album in the beginning of 2009, long expected :)

[UnrepentantSinner]

I Am Bar Kochba!

And let's not forget the Jewish contribution to music...well kind of

Awww, for as much as I like Matisyahu, when I saw Jimmy Kimmel I thought the video was going to be Sarah Silverman singing out ***** Matt Damon.

[Foolmewunz]

Bagles are good. :D

Though, I think they are mostly popular in the US. Due to that, I am not sure whether they can be counted as a traditionally Jewish food or not.

Yeah, in a culture that traces its roots back 7000 to 10000 years, a mere four hundred or so is probably not sufficient to call it "traditionally Jewish".:spjimlad:

(Bagels are popular wherever there are large populations of Jews. No one knows who invented them or when, although there are all sorts of stories and urban legends about them. But they only arrived in North America about a hundred years ago.)

[applecorped]

I Am Bar Kochba!



Awww, for as much as I like Matisyahu, when I saw Jimmy Kimmel I thought the video was going to be Sarah Silverman singing out ***** Matt Damon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jewish_American_musicians

[UnrepentantSinner]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Jewish_American_musicians

Can you be more enigmatic?

[timhau]

I see they got to you all.

[applecorped]

Can you be more enigmatic?

I'll need money first. :cool:

[Skeptic Guy]

Jews have been hugely influential with American comedy: Marx Brothers, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Andy Kaufman, Borscht Belt comics, Albert Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, Lorne Michaels, Jon Stewart...

I notice you left out Henny Youngman...thank you.

Fear the forces of Klesmer!!!!!!

I had only heard of him in the periphery...but he's not bad. I like reggae much more than rap, but it works.

[Skeptic Guy]

Jews have been hugely influential with American comedy: Marx Brothers, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Andy Kaufman, Borscht Belt comics, Albert Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, Lorne Michaels, Jon Stewart...

I notice you left out Henny Youngman...thank you.

Fear the forces of Klesmer!!!!!!

I had only heard of him in the periphery...but he's not bad. I like reggae much more than rap, but it works.

[Charlie Monoxide]

That's pronounced klay-zmer -- literally, "instrument of song [or music]." The plural is klay-zmerim (lit. "instruments of song"), used when there's more than one person playing in the band (as you said, "sort of".)

This kind of music is quite popular in Israel -- and they say Jews are masochistic for some reason -- though more for emotional reasons ("that's the kind of music grandpa used to listen to!") than due to any objective musical standard, I am quite sure.

There's even a band of openly homosexual Israeli men which plays just this sort of traditional Jewish music in weddings, parties, etc. They call themselves...

...(waaaaaaaaaaait for it)...

....the gay-zmerim.

I'm not making this up, I swear.I remember back around 2000 or so I was living near Sacramento and saw a Klezmer band advertised as "Yehudi and the Gelfite Fish". You might remember a popular band with a similar name around that time ....

Charlie (don't forget Lenny Bruce) Monoxide

[applecorped]

I'm only bumping in response to another anti-semetic thread started by........someone.

[UnrepentantSinner]

I'll need money first. :cool:

:p I was being serious. I didn't get the point behind the wiki entry relative to my post.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Don't forget comedians.

And banking. And the Illuminati.

[tomwaits]

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31181

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Ironically, a surprising number of Christmas songs were written by Jews.

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[applecorped]

I am very jealous of this Jew. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Jeremy

[Cainkane1]

http://www.jinfo.org/



"The purpose of this website is to provide an online resource that accurately describes the Jewish contribution to the cultural, scientific, and technological evolution of civilization."

After reading many damning things about Jews and Judaism on this site it is about time to look at the positives!


Let's take a look at the sciences to start:

Nobel prize winners -


Chemistry (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Chemistry.html) (30 prize winners, 20% of world total, 28% of US total)
Economics (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Economics.html) (26 prize winners, 42% of world total, 56% of US total)
Literature (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Literature.html) (13 prize winners, 12% of world total, 27% of US total)
Peace (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Peace.html) (9 prize winners, 9% of world total, 10% of US total)3

Physics (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Physics.html) (47 prize winners, 26% of world total, 37% of US total)
Physiology or Medicine (http://www.jinfo.org/Nobels_Medicine.html) (53 prize winners, 28% of world total, 41% of US total)







This forum is way to small to adequately describe the contribution of the Jews to the entire human race. It would require a rather large Library.

[applecorped]

This forum is way to small to adequately describe the contribution of the Jews to the entire human race. It would require a rather large Library.

I agree. This seems to get lost or ignored by some who subscribe to a fallacious point of veiw regarding Jews and Judaism.

[moon1969]

Lets not forget Henry Kissinger, Boris Berezovsky and Lazar Kaganovich. Those jews did great things just like Jack Abramoff.

[applecorped]

What's that smell? :rolleyes:

[UnrepentantSinner]

I am very jealous of this Jew. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Jeremy

If you can find the Playboy article on him 'The Hedgehog turns 50' or something like that you might not feel the same. You'll still be jealous, but because of his past more than his present.

[hgc]

Lets not forget Henry Kissinger, Boris Berezovsky and Lazar Kaganovich. Those jews did great things just like Jack Abramoff.


And don't forget Roy Cohn.

[IchabodPlain]

On the other hand, it may be a good idea to forget the food.

Lest Ye Forget: Sweet Honey-Raisin Challah bread.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2665064744_5d1289db2d.jpg

[MaGZ]

Hooray for the Jews!!!!!!

Obama’s next Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner is Jewish.


Timothy Geithner, selected by Barack Obama to be secretary of the treasury, is a Jew.

Geithner is now president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Geithner of Larchmont, N.Y. He is married to Carole M. Sonnenfeld and has two children. The Rev. Thomas Keehn, a United Church of Christ minister, officiated at his wedding.

All three men, Geithner, Lawrence Summers and Paul Volcker who had been under consideration by President-Elect Barack Obama for the Secretary of the Treasury post in his administration, are Jews.



bolding mine
http://www.jewishblogging.com/blog.php?bid=168250

[CptColumbo]

Don't forget comedians.
Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks doing the 2000 year-old man is priceless.

The first joke book I ever got was by Myron Cohen.

BTW Indiana Jones has Jewish blood (well Harrison Ford and one of his creators does) what could be cooler than that.

[applecorped]

Lest Ye Forget: Sweet Honey-Raisin Challah bread.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2665064744_5d1289db2d.jpg


Man that looks yummy!:)

[applecorped]

Hooray for the Jews!!!!!!

Obama’s next Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner is Jewish.



bolding mine
http://www.jewishblogging.com/blog.php?bid=168250

I hear they are all bipedal as well.

[applecorped]

Something non-fishy is going on.

[gdnp]

Something non-fishy is going on.

Yes, Obama chooses someone to run the treasury who has no better qualification than running the federal reserve bank of New York.

We need to get to the top of this right away.

[gdnp]

Hooray for the Jews!!!!!!

Obama’s next Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner is Jewish.



bolding mine
http://www.jewishblogging.com/blog.php?bid=168250

Or maybe not: (http://tzvee.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-either-timothy-geithner-lawrence.html)

No, Timothy Geithner, selected by Barack Obama to be secretary of the treasury, is not a Jew.

On 11/22/2008 I received an email from Geithner's father-in-law, Prof. Albert Sonnenfeld, confirming that, "Geithner (is) not Jewish, (he was) raised Episcopalian, but (is) hardly religious now.... "

[applecorped]

Or maybe not: (http://tzvee.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-either-timothy-geithner-lawrence.html)

No gefilte fish there! ;)

[UnrepentantSinner]

:p I was being serious. I didn't get the point behind the wiki entry relative to my post.

ac, I'm even more serious now. Can you elucidate your link response to my previous posts? I thought the Jimmy Kimmel/Matisyahu/Sarah Silverman joke was quite clever.

I hear they are all bipedal as well.

Or perhaps "anthropoidal". (Thank you TA for delving into the fecal deapths of Stormfront and making me aware of this hijacking.)

[applecorped]

ac, I'm even more serious now. Can you elucidate your link response to my previous posts? I thought the Jimmy Kimmel/Matisyahu/Sarah Silverman joke was quite clever.


It was clever.:)

It made me think of Jewish musicians. There was no other inference intended.

[UnrepentantSinner]

It was clever.:)

It made me think of Jewish musicians. There was no other inference intended.

L'chiam!

Though I must admit our confluence of comments reminded me of the joke in Airplane where the passenger requests some light reading and if offered a pamphlet of Jewish sports stars.

[gdnp]

Though I must admit our confluence of comments reminded me of the joke in Airplane where the passenger requests some light reading and if offered a pamphlet of Jewish sports stars.

see post #22 ;)

[applecorped]

L'chiam!

Though I must admit our confluence of comments reminded me of the joke in Airplane where the passenger requests some light reading and if offered a pamphlet of Jewish sports stars.


:D - Great movie!

[Ausmerican]

Hooray for the Jews!!!!!!

Obama’s next Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner is Jewish.



bolding mine
http://www.jewishblogging.com/blog.php?bid=168250

Seriously? This part of what you posted didn't make you doubt your source? Even a bit?

The Rev. Thomas Keehn, a United Church of Christ minister, officiated at his wedding.

[UnrepentantSinner]

/tangent

One of my best friends in high school was Stanley Kullman. After my dad was reassigned from Germany I lost contact but a few years later, in the chow line at Texas A&M this guy says hey to me. Corps freshman at A&M have almost shaved heads so we all look pretty much the same but we recognized each other on sight.

He was a good guy and I wonder what he's up to these days and Google him periodically.

/tangent

[timhau]

Or maybe not: (http://tzvee.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-either-timothy-geithner-lawrence.html)

By MaGZ's usual criterion of "I bet if you dig deep enough you'll discover his family is Jewish (http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=4189461&postcount=48)", Geithner is certainly Jewish. I mean, he's working in a bank and everything.

[gdnp]

By MaGZ's usual criterion of "I bet if you dig deep enough you'll discover his family is Jewish (http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=4189461&postcount=48)", Geithner is certainly Jewish. I mean, he's working in a bank and everything.

Is he? I haven't even seen any references to a Jewish heritage.

Although I've never been quite sure how this logic works. Are people still part of the conspiracy even generations after their family converts?

ETA: if so, someone has been negligent in filling me in on my role in the plan, as my mother's side of the family was Jewish 3 generations back.

[UnrepentantSinner]

/tangent

I forgot to add this last night - it wasn't until years later that I realized he was Jewish.

[timhau]

Is he? I haven't even seen any references to a Jewish heritage.

Like that's a problem. :boggled: If you haven't seen one, you just make one up. The proactive bird catches the worm.

[applecorped]

Like that's a problem. :boggled: If you haven't seen one, you just make one up. The proactive bird catches the worm.

Only if it's kosher.

[Cavemonster]

I hate to be the one to say it, but...

We've got Ann Landers
and her sister Dear Abby
Harrison Ford's a quarter Jewish
Not.. Too.. Shabby!

[gentleexit]

On the other side of the ledger, donating a Jealous, self-obsessed Deity to the world, that called in the dark ages and is still stirring things up around the oil and the Himalayas.

[Cavemonster]

Personally, I blame the Zoroastrians.
Yahweh is really just Ahura Mazda in a fancy dress.

[Whiplash]

Stewardess: Would you like anything to read?
Lady: Do you have anything light?
Stewardess: How about this one, Jewish sports legends (hands a 3" square paper to lady).
Lady: Yes, thank you!


Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax... You're goddamn right I'm living in the *********** past!

[applecorped]

Stewardess: Would you like anything to read?
Lady: Do you have anything light?
Stewardess: How about this one, Jewish sports legends (hands a 3" square paper to lady).
Lady: Yes, thank you!


Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax... You're goddamn right I'm living in the *********** past!

:D

[applecorped]

Oy!