#11) The biblical figure who has proba-
bly inspired the most works of art is
Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his
brothers. Rembrandt painted a famous
work picturing Joseph, Thomas Mann
wrote a series of books Joseph and His
Brothers, and Andrew Lloyd Webber
made the story into a musical, Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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know that Sir George Jessel (no relation
to the other George) was a leading
British judge? Born in 1824, Sir George
Jessel was elected to Parliament in 1868.
He was well known for his brilliant judi-
cial decisions before his death in 1883.
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leading researchers
working to find a
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whose father was a
rabbi. A surgeon and
former physician
with the Navy,
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that cancers increase
by releasing a sub-
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blood vessels to grow
toward them (called
angiogenesis). The television program,
Nova, seen on PBS, recently featured a
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#15) If you think Weird Al Yankovic's
song parodies are fur..ny, check out 2
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dying popular rock songs. Among their
mega hits: "Shake Your Tuchas." Lead
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#16) Israel's oldest city is Jericho.
#17) The first Jews known to have set-
tled in modern Japan came in 1861 and
made their home in Yokohama. Among
the city's earliest Jewish residents was
American businessman Raphael Schoyer,
who began publishing Japan Express, one
of the first English-language newspapers
in the country.
#18) The first Zionist bank was the
Jewish Colonial Trust, founded with
great encouragement from Theodor
Herzl (who wanted money specifically to
implement Zionist goals) and incorpo-
rated in 1899 in London.
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