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Medieval Synagogue of Tomar, Portugal

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Patrimonio judío · SinagogasMás antiguo

Oldest Synagogue in Portugal

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Synagogue of Tomar

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Built: 1430–1460

The Synagogue of Tomar, in central Portugal, is recognized as the oldest surviving purpose-built synagogue building in the country. According to the Municipality of Tomar and Portuguese heritage authorities, its construction dates to a period between 1430 and 1460; no single exact construction year has been reliably established. The building served the town’s medieval Jewish community during the fifteenth century, when Tomar was associated with the Order of Christ and Prince Henry the Navigator. Its compact prayer hall has four central columns supporting vaulted ceilings, traditionally linked to the four biblical matriarchs, while twelve wall supports evoke the twelve tribes of Israel. Jewish worship ended after the Portuguese expulsion and forced-conversion measures of 1496–1497. The building subsequently had several nonreligious uses. Recognized again as a historic synagogue in the twentieth century, it was protected as a national monument and became home to the Abraão Zacuto Jewish Museum. The documented construction interval, rather than an invented exact date, is the historically defensible record value.

País del titular: Portugal
Lugar del logro: Tomar, Portugal
Fecha del logro: 1460

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Marlee Matlin photographed in Arizona in 1989, two years after winning the Academy Award for Best Actress

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Premios · Premios Óscaryoungest

Youngest Academy Award Winner for Best Actress

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Valor del récord

21 years and 218 days

Marlee Matlin holds the record as the Youngest Oscar Winner for Best Actress, an achievement she secured on 30 March 1987 in Los Angeles, California. At the 59th Academy Awards, Matlin was officially 21 years and 218 days old when she won the competitive Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Children of a Lesser God. Her win was notable not only for her age but also because she became the first deaf woman to win an acting Oscar.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Los Angeles, California, Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 30 de marzo de 1987

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Portrait of U.S. Cabinet member Oscar S. Straus.

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Comunidad y sociedadPrimero

First Jewish Member of the United States Cabinet

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Oscar S. Straus

Valor del récord

17 December 1906

On 17 December 1906, Oscar S. Straus entered office as United States Secretary of Commerce and Labor in President Theodore Roosevelt’s Cabinet. The Library of Congress identifies the appointment as the first time a Jew held a Cabinet position in the United States, while official Commerce records place his service from 17 December 1906 through 5 March 1909. The record is defined by the date Straus actually began Cabinet service, not by the earlier announcement of his nomination. His appointment joined a career in law, diplomacy, public administration and international arbitration. It also marked a visible national milestone for Jewish participation in the highest level of the federal executive branch. JWR found no earlier Jewish head of a Cabinet-rank executive department. Archival footage of Straus is retained only as holder context because no direct moving image of the 1906 appointment or oath was located.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 17 de diciembre de 1906

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Portrait of Jewish American actor Paul Muni.

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Premios · Premios ÓscarPrimero

First Jewish Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor

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Valor del récord

4 March 1937

Paul Muni became the "First Jewish Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor" on 4 March 1937. The achievement was marked at the 9th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California, where he won the award for Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the film The Story of Louis Pasteur.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Los Angeles, California, Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 4 de marzo de 1937

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Synagogue of Carpentras, France

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Patrimonio judío · SinagogasMás antiguo

Oldest Active Synagogue in France

Titular del récord

Synagogue of Carpentras

Valor del récord

1367

The Synagogue of Carpentras was founded in 1367 and is recognized as the oldest active synagogue in France. The Jewish community of Carpentras developed under papal protection in the Comtat Venaissin, where Jews maintained a continuous communal presence despite periods of restriction and segregation. Although the synagogue’s present appearance reflects extensive eighteenth-century rebuilding and enlargement, its religious history is rooted in the medieval foundation of 1367. The building contains prayer spaces, ritual facilities and architectural elements that reflect centuries of Jewish life in Provence. It is protected as a historic monument and remains a place connected to Jewish worship and heritage. For JWR, the qualifying metric is the earliest securely documented foundation year of a synagogue in France that is still active; this is why the title must retain the word “Active.”

País del titular: Francia
Lugar del logro: Carpentras, Francia
Fecha del logro: 1367

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Portrait of poet Marya Zaturenska in 1921.

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Premios · Premio PulitzerPrimero

First Jewish Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Marya Zaturenska

Valor del récord

2 May 1938

Marya Zaturenska holds the record as the first Jewish recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, an achievement she secured in 1938 for her collection, 'Cold Morning Sky'. The prize was awarded in New York, New York, and official lists from The Pulitzer Prizes confirm her as the winner in the Poetry category for that year. Her position as the earliest qualifying Jewish recipient is based on a chronological review of all Pulitzer Poetry winners combined with biographical verification.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 2 de mayo de 1938

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Historical portrait of Hedwig Rosenbaum, photographed circa 1914–1918.

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Deportes · Juegos OlímpicosPrimero

Primera mujer judía en ganar una medalla olímpica

Titular del récord

Hedwig Rosenbaum

Valor del récord

Bronze — July 1900

Hedwig Rosenbaum participó en el torneo de tenis de los Juegos Olímpicos de París 1900. Los registros olímpicos actualmente reconocidos le atribuyen dos medallas de bronce, en individual femenino y dobles mixtos. Investigaciones históricas, incluido material publicado por el Comité Olímpico Checo, indican que procedía de una familia judía de habla alemana de Bohemia. Estos resultados se produjeron décadas antes de la medalla de plata que Fanny «Bobbie» Rosenfeld obtuvo en Ámsterdam 1928. Jewish World Records había reconocido anteriormente a Rosenfeld como titular de este récord. El cambio no corresponde a una nueva hazaña deportiva, sino a una corrección histórica sustentada en pruebas más antiguas. El reconocimiento anterior de Rosenfeld permanece documentado en un historial independiente de revisiones, con explicaciones y fuentes accesibles para garantizar la transparencia. No se ha podido establecer con suficiente certeza el día exacto en que Rosenbaum consiguió la primera de sus dos medallas; por ello, la fecha del récord se expresa únicamente como el año 1900.

País representado: Bohemia
Lugar del logro: París, Francia
Fecha del logro: July 1900

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Olympic weightlifter Isaac Berger during the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games.

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DeportesMayor cantidad

Mayor número de medallas olímpicas ganadas por un levantador de pesas judío

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Valor del récord

3 Olympic medals (one gold, two silver)

Isaac Berger ostenta el récord de mayor número de medallas olímpicas ganadas por un levantador de pesas judío, con un total de tres medallas olímpicas (una de oro y dos de plata). Representando a Estados Unidos, compitió en tres Juegos Olímpicos, ganando la medalla de oro en peso pluma en Melbourne 1956, seguida de medallas de plata en Roma 1960 y Tokio 1964. El récord se estableció el 12 de octubre de 1964, fecha de la competición de peso pluma en Tokio, donde consiguió su tercera medalla. La Federación Internacional de Halterofilia confirma su récord de tres medallas en tres Juegos Olímpicos distintos.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 12 de octubre de 1964

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Congregation Beth Israel in Portland, Oregon

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Patrimonio judío · Comunidades judíasMás antiguo

Oldest Jewish Congregation Still Active in Oregon

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Congregation Beth Israel

Valor del récord

Founded in 1858

Congregation Beth Israel holds the record as the 'Oldest Jewish Congregation Still Active in Oregon', having been 'Founded in 1858'. The achievement is based on the congregation’s beginnings at a meeting of eight people in Portland, Oregon, in May 1858, with twenty-one original members joining the following month. The record specifically measures the continuity of the institution since its founding, not the age of its present 1928 building. The metric is defined as the earliest founding date among currently active Jewish religious congregations within the state, based on a review of institutional chronology and continuity.

País: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Portland, Oregon, Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: May 1858

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Geoff Tabin

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DeportesPrimero

First Jewish Person to Summit Mount Everest

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Geoffrey Craig "Geoff" Tabin

Valor del récord

2 October 1988

On 2 October 1988, American physician and mountaineer Geoffrey Craig “Geoff” Tabin reached the summit of Mount Everest via the South Col route. The American Alpine Journal records Tabin in the October 2 summit party, providing confirmation from professional mountaineering literature of both the successful ascent and its date. Independent Jewish press later described him as the first Jew to reach Everest’s summit and as the 209th person to do so. Tabin had previously attempted Everest in 1983. He later became the fourth person to complete the Seven Summits and built an internationally recognized medical career devoted to eliminating avoidable blindness.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Monte Everest, Nepal
Fecha del logro: 2 de octubre de 1988

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Portrait of Jewish American actor Paul Muni.

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Premios · Premios TonyPrimero

First Jewish Winner of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

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Valor del récord

1 April 1956

Paul Muni became the first Jewish winner of the Tony Award for Actor in a Play when he won for his performance as Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind at the 10th Tony Awards on 1 April 1956. The official Tony Awards archive lists Muni as the 1956 Actor (Play) winner and provides the chronological basis for reviewing earlier winners in the category. JWR’s counter-candidate review of the preceding winners found no earlier recipient verified as Jewish under the project’s eligibility standard. Muni’s Jewish identity is independently documented by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which described him as a famous Jewish American actor and recorded his roots in a Yiddish-theatre family. The record therefore combines official award evidence, chronology and independent Jewish-eligibility evidence.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 1 de abril de 1956

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Carl Djerassi

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PremiosPrimero

First Jewish Recipient of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry

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Valor del récord

11 April 1978

Carl Djerassi received the inaugural Wolf Prize in Chemistry at the Knesset in Jerusalem on 11 April 1978. The Wolf Foundation recognized his work in bioorganic chemistry, the application of new spectroscopic techniques, and his support of international scientific cooperation. Djerassi had already transformed steroid chemistry and was widely known for work leading to the first oral contraceptive. Because the Wolf Prize in Chemistry began in 1978 and Djerassi was its sole chemistry laureate that year, he is the first recipient in the category and, with his Jewish identity independently documented, the first Jewish recipient. JWR uses the exact presentation date as the Record Value and keeps the broader award-year context in the evidence and story.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 11 de abril de 1978

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Publicity portrait of Phil Silvers for Top Banana.

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Premios · Premios TonyPrimero

First Jewish Winner of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

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Valor del récord

30 March 1952

American comic actor Phil Silvers holds the record as the first Jewish winner of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He received the honour on 30 March 1952 at the 6th Tony Awards ceremony in New York City. The award, officially titled "Actor (Musical)", was for his performance in the production Top Banana. Born Fischl Silver, he was the youngest of eight children in a Russian Jewish family.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 30 de marzo de 1952

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Frank Spellman, Olympic weightlifting champion.

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Deportes · Juegos OlímpicosPrimero

First Jewish Olympic Champion in Weightlifting

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Valor del récord

10 August 1948

American athlete Frank Spellman became the first Jewish Olympic champion in weightlifting on 10 August 1948 at the Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom. Competing in the men’s middleweight (≤75 kg) category, he secured the gold medal with a winning total of 390 kg. During the event, Spellman also set new Olympic records on his way to victory. The official record value for this achievement is documented as 'Gold — men’s middleweight (≤75 kg), London 1948, 10 August 1948'.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Londres, Reino Unido, Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 10 de agosto de 1948

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Jessica U. Meir in a NASA spacesuit

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Espacio · Vuelos espaciales tripulados · Distancefarthest

Farthest Distance from Earth Reached by a Jewish Woman

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Jessica U. Meir

Valor del récord

428.9 kilometers

On 27 August 2026, a Cygnus XL reboost raised the International Space Station to an apogee of 266.5 statute miles, approximately 428.9 kilometers. Jessica Meir was aboard the station as part of Expedition 75, so she physically reached that maximum orbital altitude. JWR compares documented apogees on a like-for-like basis rather than mixing average altitude, perigee or launch trajectory values. Earlier missions flown by verified Jewish women were screened, including flights by Marsha Ivins, Judith Resnik and Ellen Baker. Their published maximum orbital values remained below the 2026 ISS apogee. The resulting record is a precise example of how a station reboost can create a new human altitude mark even without a new launch.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 27 de agosto de 2026

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Boris Volynov

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Espacio · Vuelos espaciales tripulados · CommandPrimero

First Jewish Person to Command a Crewed Space Mission

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Valor del récord

15 January 1969

When Soyuz 5 launched on 15 January 1969, Boris Volynov was its commander. The mission participated in the first docking of two crewed spacecraft and a crew transfer between them, while Volynov remained aboard Soyuz 5 for a famously difficult return to Earth. Contemporary Jewish reporting identified him as Jewish through his mother and explicitly described him as the Soyuz 5 commander. Because the same chronology establishes Volynov as the first Jewish person to reach space, the command claim has a particularly strong logical boundary: no earlier Jewish space traveler existed who could have commanded a crewed mission. JWR therefore recognizes Volynov as the first Jewish person to command a crewed space mission.

País representado: Unión Soviética
Lugar del logro: Unión Soviética
Fecha del logro: 15 de enero de 1969

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Early portrait of Jewish American writer and screenwriter Ben Hecht.

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Premios · Premios ÓscarPrimero

First Jewish Winner of the Academy Award for Original Story

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Valor del récord

16 May 1929

Ben Hecht became the first Jewish writer to win the Academy Award for Original Story on 16 May 1929. The achievement took place at the inaugural Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, California, where he was honoured for the film 'Underworld' in the category of Writing (Original Story). Official records from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirm him as the winner. As this was the first time the award was presented, no earlier winner is possible.

País representado: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Los Angeles, California, Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: 16 de mayo de 1929

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Temple B’nai Israel historical marker

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Patrimonio judío · Comunidades judíasMás antiguo

La congregación judía activa más antigua de Oklahoma.

Titular del récord

Temple B’nai Israel

Valor del récord

Mayo de 1903

El Templo B’nai Israel es reconocido por JWR como la congregación judía activa más antigua de Oklahoma. El récord lo ostenta la congregación en su conjunto, no un edificio de sinagoga específico. Fundada en Oklahoma City en mayo de 1903, la congregación ha ocupado diversas sedes manteniendo una identidad institucional constante. Su historia oficial traza la trayectoria de la comunidad desde su formación hasta su primera sinagoga permanente y sus posteriores campus. La comparación estatal realizada por JWR también consideró comunidades judías anteriores o casi contemporáneas. El Templo Emeth en Ardmore se organizó antes, en 1890, pero posteriormente se disolvió; la Sinagoga Emanuel en Oklahoma City fue constituida formalmente en 1904, y el Templo Israel en Tulsa data de 1914. B’nai Emunah se desarrolló a partir de un minyán inicial, pero se organizó formalmente más tarde. Por lo tanto, el récord mide la existencia continua de la congregación y su actividad actual, no la antigüedad de un edificio en pie.

País: Estados Unidos
Lugar del logro: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Estados Unidos
Fecha del logro: May 1903

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