Simcha Blass Simcha Blass Simcha Blass (November 27, 1897 – July 18, 1982; ) was a Polish-Israeli engineer and inventor who developed the drip irrigation system with his son Yeshayahu. Simcha Blass was born in Warsaw, Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire, to an Orthodox Jewish family. He was active in the Jewish self-defense units organized in Warsaw to defend Jews during the end of World War I. His engineering studies in Warsaw were interrupted by the Polish-Soviet War and completed after that war. During the war, he was recruited to the Polish Army, there he invented for the
Simcha Weinstein Simcha Weinstein Simon Weinstein, known by his Hebrew name Simcha Weinstein (), is an English author and a rabbi. In 2006, his first book "Up Up and Oy Vey: How Jewish History, Culture and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero" was published. In 2008, his second book "Shtick Shift: Jewish Humor in the 21st Century" was published. Simon Weinstein, Hebrew name "Simcha" joined the British film commission and worked as a location scout for films like "The Full Monty" and "Spice World". Weinstein ministers to Jewish students at Pratt Institute (where he serves as Chair of its Religious Affairs Committee),