Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
The Hills actress Kristin Cavallari is engaged to Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. The pair announced their upcoming nuptials after a weekend in Cabo San Lucas during which Cutler presented Cavallari with a 5.2 carat diamond bauble. Cavallari and Cutler have been dating since last fall....
Medieu Williams of the Minnesota Vikings was the recipient of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award during Super Bowl XLV. Williams was one of the three finalists for this years award, including LA Raiders' Nnamdi Asomugha and The Chicago Bears' Isreal Idonije. Williams was unable to recieve...
Walter Payton was arguably the best running back in NFL history. He was selected with the 4th pick overall by the Chicago Bears in 1975 and played an amazing career until 1987. This is a huge career for any NFL player but especially for a bruising running back who plays with so much grace. Walter...
Res Judicata is the Latin term for “a thing adjudged.” In the legal community, it is used to refer to a matter already settled in court and cannot be raised again. For example, a case considered res judicata in Chicago can no longer be appealed or retried in Colorado, or any other court...
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and present President of the United States. Born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr., Obama spent his childhood in Witchita, Kansas. Obama's parents separated when he was a toddler at the age of two, and later divorced....
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
