A day without Jews

There is so much Antisemitism in the world today.

What would it have been like to grow up without Jews and their creative advances for humans?

How many of us had a teddy bear that we slept with as toddlers? Invented by Russian Jewish immigrants Morris Michton and his wife Rose in 1903.

László Biro, a Hungarian Jew, developed the Ballpoint Pen, or we might just be using a pencil.

Growing up in the 40’s and 50’s, the most dreaded disease, Polio, was immunized with the Polio vaccine by Jonas Salk.

We had instant photo development through the Polaroid camera invented by Edward Land.

For those of us with heart problems, we can thank Paul Zoll for creating the pacemaker and cardiac defibrillator…or cancer victims who have had chemotherapy treatments developed by Paul Ehrlich.

Can you think of shopping without a cart? You can thank Slyva Goldman for inventing the shopping cart.

What would life be like without a pair or two of Levi’s? Invented by Levi Strauss.

Modern-day kids would be at a loss without their Video game console, developed by Ralph Baer, and who hasn’t used Google to find their questions answered, by Sergey Brin in 1998.

And here are some Israeli developments, such as the USB flash drive and the Drip System for irrigation, saving millions of gallons of precious water.

Have you ever had a capsule endoscopy with a Pill Camera taking photos inside your body? The exoskeleton, ReWalk, to aid paraplegics to walk, or Copaxone for MS treatment, or THC isolation from cannabis?

Do you like Cherry Tomatoes, or have you had a flexible stent inserted into an artery, or ever needed AI Radiology tools?

The Iron Dome has saved the lives of thousands or even millions of Israeli lives.

These are some of the many contributions that Jewish people have made to mankind.

Are you better off without them?