Top 10 Jewish Models and Beauty Icons

1. Marilyn Monroe: Widely considered to be the greatest sex-symbol ever. 
2. Bess Myerson: First Jewish person to win Miss America (1945). 
3. Brooke Burke: Playboy model, Host of Wild On!, Winner of Season 10 Dancing With the Stars. 
4. Cindy Margolis: Model, and at one time the most downloaded person on the Internet. 
5. Bar Rafaeli: Israeli model and cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. 
6. Nikki Schieler Ziering: Model and Actress. 1997 Playboy Playmate. 
7. Barbi Benton: Playboy model in the 1970s and former girlfriend of Hugh Heffner. 
8. Caprice Bourret: Once voted “World’s Sexiest Woman” by News of the World. 
9. Sandy Bar: Israeli model 
10. Lindsey Vuolo: 2001 Playboy Playmate. 

* Honorable Mention: Sharon Genish, Becky Griffen, Katie Price

Top 10 Must Know Hebrew Words and Phrases

1. L’Chaim: To Life
2. Shalom: Hello/Good Bye/Peace         
3. Mazal Tov: Congratulations                             
4. Boker Tov: Good Morning                                                                     
5. Mah Shlomcha (said to a male)/Mah Shlomech (said to a female): How are you?
6. Todah: Thank you                                                                                   
7. Bevakasha: Please                        
8. Mah Nishmah: What’s new?                                                               
9. Layla Tov: Good night
10. Slicha: Sorry

Interested in learning more Hebrew? I've always enjoyed the Pimsleur series for learning foreign languages in my car.

Top 10 Must Known Yiddish Words and Phrases

1. Oy vey: An expression close to the English phrase “Oh my G-d” or “I can’t believe it.”   
2. Shmuck: Idiot (literally, the male anatomy part).  “This shmuck tried to shortchange me yesterday.” 
3. Chutzpah: Gall/Nerve. “This guy had the chutzpah to tell me that my son isn’t good enough for his daughter!”            
4. Shiksa: A non-Jewish girl. Often times, but not always, used derogatorily. “I can’t believe my son married a shiksa!”                                                                             
5. Nosh: To snack on something. Means to eat, but not eating a big meal, just something small.   
6. Tuchas: Butt. The word tooshie comes from Tuchas. The “ch” is the guttural “ch” as in Chanukkah.                                                                                   
7. Spiel: Telling a story, usually one that another person doesn’t want to hear. “He gave me this whole spiel about why he was late to work.”     
8. Shlep: To move something you don’t want to. “I have to shlep my big T.V. every time a move to a new apartment.”
9. Kvetch: Complain. “Stop kvetching about all the homework you have!”
10. Mensch: A righteous person. “This mensch let me use his cell phone when mine ran out of batteries.”

This is a really funny book, and teaches you Yiddish with the old Dick and Jane characters.

The Top 10 Jewish Songs

1. Hava Nagila: The mainstay song of every wedding and bar/bat mitzvah.                                       
2. David Melech Yisrael: The entire song is “David is the king of Israel / Lives, lives and exists.”           
3. Am Yisrael Chai: The entire song is “The people of Israel Live. Our forefather still lives.”                      
4. Hatikvah: Hatikvah means “The Hope.”  It is the national anthem of Israel.                        
5. Lo Yisa Goy: A song that looks to a time in the world where there will not be any war anymore.
6. Shalov Rav: A song asking G-d for peace and blessings to the Jewish people.
7. Siman Tov: A song traditionally sung right after something joyous just happened (like breaking the glass at the end of a wedding)
8. Ufaratsta: A song about the spreading out of Jews throughout the world.
9. Tumbalalaika: A Yiddish song about a boy asking riddles to a girl in order to find a smart wife.
10. Oh Hanukkah: A song that every Jewish kid knows because they have to have one song to counter the hundreds of Christmas songs.                                                            

* Honorable Mention: Oh Say Shalom, Bim Bam, Shabbat Shalom, Mi Pi El, Haveynu Shalom Aleichem

Interested in hearing some classic Jewish songs? Click to album cover above.

The Top 10 Jewish Fashion Moguls

1. Levi Strauss: Founded the first company to make blue jeans. 
2. Calvin Klein: Started as a Calvin Klein Limited in 1968 as a coat shop. Now this brand is famous for jeans, perfumes, underwear and many other things. 
3. Ralph Lauren: Known for Polo Ralph Lauren brand which makes high-end wear for both men and women. Like Calvin Klein, started in 1968. 
4. Kenneth Cole: Starting as a shoe company in 1982, Kenneth Cole Productions makes both high end and less expensive shoes, handbags, and clothing. 
5. Anne Klein: Fashion designer of women’s sportswear and pioneer in designing fashionable clothes for young girls. 
6. Donna Karan: Created the DKNY label. Makes jeans, glasses frames, suits and other clothing items. 
7. Vidal Sassoon: Hair stylist extraordinaire. 
8. Isaac Mizrahi: Former creative director of Liz Claiborne and has his own fashion label, Isaac Mizrahi New York. 
9. Marc Jacobs: Creative director for Louis Vuitton. 
10. Richard Blackwell (Mr. Blackwell): Known for creating the “Ten Worst Dressed Women List,” which he presented every year. 

* Honorable Mention: Lena Himmelstein (Lane Bryant), Adrian Greenberg, Michael Kors, Estée Lauder

The Top 10 Jewish Radio Personalities

1. Howard Stern: Shock Jock. Won Billboard’s “Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year” eight times. 
2. Dennis Prager: Conservative political and cultural commentator who advocates teaching American and Judeo-Christian values.
3. “Dr. Laura” Schlesinger: Gives personal advice to radio show callers. Known for her no-nonsense, quick and biting responses.
4. Ira Glass: Host of “This American Life.” 
5. Michael Medved: Conservative radio host who calls himself, “Your cultural crusader on politics and pop culture.” 
6. Michael Savage: Known for his extreme conservative nationalism and confrontational personality. 
7. Jim Rome: Sports commentator. 
8. Terry Gross: Host of NPR’s “Fresh Air.” 
9. Peter Sagal: Host of NPR game show “Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!” 
10. Michael Feldman: Host of the radio show “Whad’Ya Know?” 

* Honorable Mention: Murray Kaufman, Joe Frank

The Top 10 Jewish Composers

1. Gustav Mahler: Late-Romantic Austrian composer.
2. George Gershwin: Composers of classical and popular music. Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess.
3. Aaron Copeland: Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man.
4. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein: American composer. Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music.
5. Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, On the Waterfront, Candide.
6. Arnold Schoenberg: Austrian and American composer. Known for innovations in atonality.
7. Stephen Sondheim: American composer. Sweeny Todd, West Side Story, Gypsy, Sooner or Later.
8. Irving Berlin: White Christmas, There’s No Business Like Show Business, G-d Bless America.
9. Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah, Dance Me to the End of Love.
10. Danny Elfman: Composer for Tim Burton Movies. The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice, Alice in Wonderland.

* Honorable Mention: Kurt Weill, Walter Braunfels, Anton Rubinstein, Marvin Hamlisch. (Although Felix Mendelssohn was proud of his Jewish ancestry, he was a practicing Lutheran.)

Interested in Jewish music? Check out the Jewish songbook above.

The Top 10 Jewish Artists

1. Camille Pissarro: Danish-French Impressionist painter who contributed to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.
2. Frida Kahlo: Mexican painter famous for her self-portraits. Pioneer in Surrealism.
3. Marc Chagall: Russian-French modernist, famous for many styles including his stained glass works.
4. Roy Lichtenstein: Known for his cartoon paintings that contributed to the Pop Art movement.
5. Rube Goldberg: Cartoonist famous for depicting complex contraptions used for a simple purpose.
6. Annie Leibovitz: American photographer known for photographs of Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and other famous people and places.
7. Mark Rothko: Russian painter known for his abstract expressionist art.
8. Frank Gehry: Known for his architectural works, including the Guggenhem in Bilboa, Spain, and Walk Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California.
9. Jacob Epstein: Knighted in 1954 for his contributions to sculpture.
10. Isaac Levitan: Russian painter who innovated “mood landscape” with his landscape paintings.

Interested in learning more about Jewish artists? Click the book cover above.