Jew: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://mainten.top/facts/Jew-people

Facts

Also Known As Yehudi • Yĕhūdhī

Did You Know?

  • Contrary to popular opinions, the newspaper, TV, and movie industries are all dominated by non-Jewish owners, producers, and editors. Jewish members of the media are also not a monolith, and they often disagree with each other politically and personally.
  • Blood libel, which dates back to medieval Europe, is the anti-Semitic practice of falsely accusing Jews of killing Christian children and then using the blood to make matzah.
  • Despite conspiracy theories to the contrary, there is not a special tax on kosher foods that goes back to rabbis or anyone else.
  • Despite overwhelming physical evidence and testimony that Jews were targeted and that six million Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust, about a fifth of Americans believe that the Holocaust may not have happened.

Photos and Videos


Topics

Key People

Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Philip IV
Philip IV
king of France
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
prime minister of Israel
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Chaim Weizmann
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli president and scientist
Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
The first prime minister of Israel
Golda Meir
prime minister of Israel
Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin
prime minister of Israel
Moshe Dayan.
Moshe Dayan
Israeli statesman
Yitzhak Shamir
Yitzḥak Shamir
prime minister of Israel
Abū Niḍāl
Palestinian leader
Vladimir Jabotinsky
Zionist leader
Ben-Zvi, 1953
Itzhak Ben-Zvi
president of Israel
Frick, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Frick
German politician
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
prime minister of Israel
Crémieux, lithograph by L.-E. Coedès
Adolphe Crémieux
French politician
Frank, Hans
Hans Frank
German politician and jurist
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
French politician