Joe Greenstein, the Glossary
Joseph L. Greenstein (January 2, 1893 – October 8, 1977), better known as The Mighty Atom, was a 20th-century strongman known for highly unusual feats of strength and endurance.[1]
Table of Contents
33 relations: America's Got Talent, Antisemitism, Atom (Al Pratt), Cancer, Character (arts), Coconut oil, Comic Book Resources, Eastern Europe, Ed Spielman, Farmers' market, Ford Model A (1927–1931), Galveston, Texas, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Guinness World Records, History of the Jews in Poland, Horseshoe, Jewish Standard, Jujutsu, Madison Square Garden, Mike Greenstein, NBC, New York (state), New York City, Poland, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Strongman, Suwałki, The New York Times, Tuberculosis, United States, WGBA-TV, World War II, York, Pennsylvania.
- Jewish Polish sportspeople
- People from Suwałki
America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent (often abbreviated as AGT) is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell.
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Antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against, Jews.
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Atom (Al Pratt)
Al Pratt is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Character (arts)
In fiction, a character or personage, is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game).
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Coconut oil
alt.
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Comic Book Resources
CBR, formerly Comic Book Resources, is a news website covering movies, television, anime, video games and comic book–related news and discussion.
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Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.
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Ed Spielman
Ed Spielman (born in Brooklyn, New York City, US) is a writer and executive producer for television and film, an author and journalist.
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Farmers' market
A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers.
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Ford Model A (1927–1931)
The Ford Model A (also colloquially called the A-Model Ford or the A, and A-bone among hot rodders and customizers) is the Ford Motor Company's second market success, replacing the venerable Model T which had been produced for 18 years.
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Galveston, Texas
Galveston is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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History of the Jews in Poland
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years.
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Horseshoe
A horseshoe is a product designed to protect a horse hoof from wear.
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Jewish Standard
The Jewish Standard is a newspaper based in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA, that primarily serves the Jewish community in Bergen County and Northeastern New Jersey.
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Jujutsu
Jujutsu (柔術), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu, is a family of Japanese martial arts and a system of close combat (unarmed or with a minor weapon) that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponents.
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Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.
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Mike Greenstein
Morris "Mike" Greenstein, also known as The Mighty Atom Jr., (December 6, 1920 – February 16, 2016) was an American strength athlete. Joe Greenstein and Mike Greenstein are American people of Polish-Jewish descent, American strength athletes and Jewish American sportspeople.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims.
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Strongman
A strongman is someone who exhibits strength through strength athletics.
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Suwałki
Suwałki (Suvalkai; סואוואַלק or סוּוואַלק) is a city in northeastern Poland with a population of 69,206 (2021).
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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WGBA-TV
WGBA-TV (channel 26) is a television station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with NBC.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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York, Pennsylvania
York is a city in, and the county seat of, York County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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See also
Jewish Polish sportspeople
- Ben Lederman
- Dominik Furman
- Józef Klotz
- Józef Lustgarten
- Joe Greenstein
- Leon Sperling
- Roman Kantor
- Shimon Ratner
- Zvi Fuchs
- Zygmunt Steuermann
People from Suwałki
- Adam Koc
- Aleksandra Piłsudska
- Alfred Kowalski
- Andrzej Niewulis
- Andrzej Wajda
- Anna Warakomska
- Aron Sheinman
- Artur Bartoszewicz
- David Stern (Israeli politician)
- Edward Szczepanik
- Henryk Minkiewicz
- Hyman Liberman
- Jarosław Zieliński
- Jehiel Heller
- Jerzy Dąbrowski (lieutenant colonel)
- Joe Greenstein
- Josef Hassid
- Julius H. Steinberg
- Justyna Budzińska-Tylicka
- Lazar Shatskin
- List of people from Suwałki
- Louis Danto
- Magdalena Kozak
- Maria Andrejczyk
- Maria Konopnicka
- Michalina Rudzińska
- Michalina Łabacz
- Moses Margoliouth
- Patryk Małecki
- Paweł Baranowski
- Pinchas Sapir
- Rafał Czuper
- Samuel Rosenthal
- Sylwia Lisewska
- Tomasz Warakomski
- Waldemar Świrydowicz
- Wojciech Muzyk
- Władysław Wiecierzyński
- Yosef Rosenthal
- Zbigniew Kwaśniewski
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Greenstein
Also known as Joseph Greenstein, The Mighty Atom (strongman).