Famous Jewish MDs
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This Jewish MD’s injected polio vaccine helped end epidemic
Who is Jonas Salk?
Yiddish for "litte twist" a wheat/chocolate and at times cinnamon delight for dessert on Frioday night dinners.
What is Rugelach.
He was the first Jewish (and one of the longest serving) Chief of Medicine of a Catholic hospital in Hamilton responsible for founding the ICU, nephrology and respirology divisions at SJH
Who is William Bill Goldberg
Birthplace of Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides)
What is Córdoba
This South African–born Jewish comic used surreal anti-apartheid humor before fame in Hollywood.
Who is Mel Brooks?
German Jewish physician who coined the “magic bullet” idea and won the 1908 Nobel in Medicine
Who is Paul Ehrlich?
This orange, sweetend cooked Shabbos salad has cross pollenation with Birch tree allergy
What is "Tzimis" cooked, sweetened carrots
He was the Jewish MD on call asked to do an emergency consult of Pavorotti's throat before his concert at Hamilton Place.
Who is Alan Greenspoon.
Once called Salonica; pre-WWII majority-Jewish Mediterranean port
What is Thessaloniki?
This (Hamiltonian) Jewish comedian was part of the influential Chicago improv scene and starred in Best in Show
Who is Eugene Levy?
Lithuanian-born Jewish cardiologist associated with the first modern defibrillator →
Who is Bernard Lown?
Ashkenazi stuffed chicken neck skin, often with matzah meal/fat
What is helzel?
He authored the first evidence based textbook, groundbreaking at his time, in Ob/Gyn.
Who is Murray Enkin
Medieval legend of the Golem is tied to this Czech capital.
What is Prague?
This boundary-pushing comedian was repeatedly arrested for obscenity and became a First Amendment icon
Who is Lenny Bruce?
Jewish-Italian physician who survived fascism and later won the Nobel for nerve growth factor
Who is Rita Levi-Montalcini?
Yemenite condiment; name means “pounded,” often made in a mortar
What is zhug (schug)?
Recipient of the Order of Canada for his work in hemostasis.
Who is Jack Hirsch
Major Talmudic center; home to the Pumbedita academy
What is Baghdad?
This vaudeville-era Jewish comedian inspired later comics with self-deprecating humor and rapid-fire monologues.
Who is Jack Benny?
Reipient of nobel prize for physiology for his work in viral biology, he gave the commencement address to the MD graduating class in 1993
Who is Baruch Samuel Blumberg
Moroccan Shabbat stew whose name links to “burial” (slow-cooked overnight)
What is dafina or chamine?
This famous internist in Hamilton would famously warn residents that their work should be a product of "good science and not good luck". He retired to New Zealand.
Who is Paul Tanser.
This Moroccan city is famous for an early mellah (Jewish quarter)
What is Fez?
This actress-comedian starred in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Who is Rachel Brosnahan?