The Top 10 Jewish ...
The Definitive Guide to Ranking Jewish Culture, Humor, Religion, Entertainment, History, Athletics, and Everything in Between
By
Adam L. Diament
The Top 10 Jewish ...
The Definitive Guide to Ranking Jewish Culture, Humor, Religion, Entertainment, History, Athletics, and Everything in Between
Adam L. Diament
thetop10jewish@gmail.com
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Copyright 2011 Adam L. Diament
First Edition, 2011
Published in the United States of America
ISBN: 1463684851
ISBN-13: 978-1463684853
Dedication
To my wife Tiffany and daughter Joa nn a
Acknowledgements
There are many people I would like to thank for helping me prepare this book. I especially want thank my wife for helping come up with lists and rankings, my parents Cynthia and Michael Diament who provided me with a Jewish education , and my colleague Howard Smith , for entertaining ly chiding me for including too many liberal Jews in my lists . Id also like to acknowledge my friends from Adat Shalom Hebrew School and Los Ang eles Hebrew High School (a.k.a. The Get-Along-Gang) : Elizabeth Gordon, Stephen Gordon, Adam Kirsch, Amy Ojena, Sarah Silverman, Leah Solomon, and Daniel Stein-Kokin . Id like to acknowledge my honor ary Jew friends , who, though not Jewish themselves, are more Jewish than many Jews I know : Alyssa Au, Sally Chiu, Christopher Lee, and Alicia Teeter. I would like to acknowledge (but not thank) all the anti-Semitic websites on the Internet that keep extremely good tabs on who is Jewish in the world, making my job of compiling ranked lists much easier.
About The Author
Adam Louis Diament was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and moved to California with his fam ily before he was one year old. He attended Adat Shalom Hebrew School and Los Angeles Hebrew High School for his Judaic studies, and Venice High School for his secular studies.
He earned a B.A. in Religious Studies with an E mphasis in Judaism , and Molecular and Cell Biology with an Emphasis in Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1997, a Ph.D. in G enetics from the University of California, Davis, in 2004, and a law degree from the University of San Diego , in 2008. He is now a practicing attorney and resides in Los Angeles with his wife Tiffany and daughter Joanna.
In his spare time he attem pts to complete various lists. Some of his proudest list accomplishments include seeing every movie from the American Film Institutes Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time , and IMDBs list of the Top 100 Grossing Films of All Time. He has also been to every city in Los Angeles County (88 cities), Orange County (34 cities), San Diego County (18 cities) and Ventura County (10 cities), where he has taken a picture of himself with something interesting in each city, and posted his adventures on YouT ube. He hopes to one day make it to all 482 cities in California.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
About The Author
Introduction
Holidays
Top 10 Jewish Holidays
Top 10 Ways to Spell (C)han(n)uk(k)a(h)
Top 10 Days of Fasting
Top 10 Passover Songs
Top 10 Passover Foods
Top 10 Plagues
Top 10 Things To Do At Shabbat Dinner
Top 10 Things You Wish You Could do on Shabbat, but Cant
Top 10 Things to do on Lag BaOmer
History
Top 10 Best Years for the Jewish People
Top 10 Worst Years for the Jewish People
Top 10 Righteous Gentiles
Top 10 Enemies of the Jewish People
Top 10 Holiest Sites and Cities in Judaism
Religion
Top 10 Jewish Rights of Passage
Top 10 Rabbis
Top 10 Jewish Prophets
Top 10 Jewish Prayers and Recitations
The Top 10 Jewish Commandments
Top 10 Jewish Articles of Faith
Top 10 Events That Will Happen When the Messiah Comes
Top 10 Jews With Messianic Followings
Top 10 Peculiar Commandments
Top 10 Jewish Movements, Denominations, Sects, and Schisms
Top 10 Largest Hasidic Sects
Sports
Top 10 Jewish Baseball Players
Top 10 Jewish Basketball Players
Top 10 Jewish Football Players
Top 10 Jewish Summer Olympians
Top 10 Jewish Winter Olympians (The Frozen Chosen)
Top 10 Jewish Coaches
Top 10 Jews in Other Sports
Populations
Top 10 Countries with the Most Jews by Total Population
Top 10 Countries With the Most Jews as a Percentage of Their Total Population
Top 10 Cities With the Most Jews
Top 10 Cities Outside of Israel With the Most Jews as a Percentage of the Total Population
Top 10 Cities in the U.S. With the Most Jews as a Percentage of the Total Population
Top 10 U.S. Colleges With the Most Jews
Top 10 U.S. Colleges With the Most Jews as a Percentage of the Student Population
Academics
Top 10 Jewish Physicists
Top 10 Jewish Mathematicians
Top 10 Jewish Physicians and Medical Biologists
Top 10 Jewish Chemists and Biochemists
Top 10 Jewish Judges
Top 10 Jews in the Law (Non-Judges)
Top 10 Jewish Economists
Top 10 Jewish Philosophers
Top 10 Jewish Psychologists
Entertainment
Top 10 Jewish Actors Born in the 1980s to the 2010s
Top 10 Jewish Actresses Born in the 1980s to the 2010s
Top 10 Jewish Actors Born in the 1970s
Top 10 Jewish Actresses Born in the 1970s
Top 10 Jewish Actors Born in the 1960s
Top 10 Jewish Actresses Born in the 1960s
Top 10 Jewish Actors Born in the 1950s
Top 10 Jewish Actresses Born in the 1950s
Top 10 Jewish Actors Born in the 1940s
Top 10 Jewish Actresses Born in the 1940s
Top 10 Jewish Actors Born in the 1930s
Top 10 Jewish Actresses Born in the 1930s
Top 10 Jewish Actors Born in the 1920s
Top 10 Jewish Actresses Born in the 1920s
Top 10 Jewish Actors Born in the 1880s to the 1910s
Top 10 Jewish Actresses Born in the 1880s to the 1910s
Top 10 Jews Who Started Hollywood
Top 10 Jews Who Currently Run Hollywood
Top 10 Jewish Directors and Producers
Top 10 Jewish Comedians
Top 10 Gentiles Who Seem Jewish
Top 10 Jews Who Dont Look Jewish
Top 10 Most Jewishy Celebrities
Top 10 Jewish Guys Who Rock, Pop, and Folk
Top 10 Jewish Women Who Rock, Pop, and Folk
Top 10 Jewish Crooners, Vocalists and Piano Men
Top 10 Jewish Jazz Musicians and Bandleaders
Top 10 Jewish Films of All Time
Top 10 Jewish Magicians and Illusionists
Top 10 Jewish Name Changers
Top 10 Jewish T.V. Characters
Culture
Top 10 Jewish Foods
Top 10 Best Tasting Unkosher Foods
Top 10 Jewish Wedding Traditions
Top 10 Jewish Things to Wear
Top 10 Most Popular Jewish Books
Top 10 Jewish Authors of Jewish Themed Books
Top 10 Jewish Authors of non-Jewish Themed Books
Top 10 Jewish Artists
Top 10 Jewish Composers
Top 10 Jewish Radio Personalities
Top 10 Jewish Fashion Moguls
Top 10 Jewish Songs
Top 10 Must-Know Yiddish Words and Phrases
Top 10 Must-Know Hebrew Words and Phrases
Top 10 Jewish Models and Beauty Icons
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