Famous Azerbaijani Jews
Many world-renowned Jewish intellectuals, artists, sports personalities and others came from Azerbaijan, some of which included: Mirza Khazar an eminent Azerbaijani author, political analyst, legendary anchorman, radio journalist, publisher, translator of The New Testament into Azerbaijani language, Nobel Prize winning physicist Lev Landau, pianist Bella Davidovich, singers Sarit Hadad and Ella Leya, writer Lev Nussimbaum, chess players Garry Kasparov (world champion, a half-Jewish, half-Armenian), Emil Sutovsky, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, businessman Telman Ismailov, and a National Hero of Azerbaijan Albert Agarunov.
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or jews:
“Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)
“When Hitler attacked the Jews ... I was not a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church—and there was nobody left to be concerned.”
—Martin Niemller (1892–1984)