The Jewish Contribution to the Modern World is the The story of the extraordinary post-emancipation, Jewish participation in the shaping of 20th and 21st Century civilization. In this highly informative and readable volume, an impressive array of Jewish talent and creativity is presented. Award-winning journalist, Joe King of Montreal, profiles some 250 brilliant Jews, spelling out the immense and disproportionate influence they have had on shaping the world in which we live. Get acquainted with some of the world’s greatest Jews, including: Albert Einstein, who was probably the greatest scientist of the century Sigmund Freud, whose supreme achievement was his introduction of psychoanalysis as a way to treat neurotic disorders Paul Ehrlich, the father of chemotherapy Al Gross, who invented the walkie-talkie, the beeper and hand-held wireless communication devices Karl Marx, who was like an Israeli prophet of old in crying out on behalf of the downtrodden Charles Darwin, the man who offered the world his theories on evolution and natural selection
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Joe King is a broadcaster and journalist as well as an author. His most popular previous book is 'From The Ghetto to the Main; The Story of the Jews of Montreal,' now in its third edition.
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Short biographical studies of outstanding Jewish individual contributors to the wellbeing of Mankind,
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I very much like the idea of the book. I also like the fact that King chooses people from a wide variety of areas of work. He does not give short shrift to the scientific and technical people. He also tries to place each individual and the contribution they make in some kind of wider context. However I would have preferred that the individual entries be longer and more detailed. The entry for instance on Einstein is unsatisfactory and does not give any real sense of his many contributions to scientific work. There were also people omitted who I believe belong in the book.
Nonetheless as a general book, and one whose aim is to highlight the contributions Jews have made to Mankind, I believe this to be a valuable work.
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New York, United States, World War One, Soviet Union, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny, Los Angeles, Ben Gurion, California Institute of Technology, Hebrew University, Isaac Stern, Oscar Hammerstein, San Francisco, Second World War, Academy Awards, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Irving Berlin, Marx Brothers, Emile Berliner, Karl Marx, Tel Aviv, Washington Post New!
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New York, United States, World War One, Soviet Union, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny, Los Angeles, Ben Gurion, California Institute of Technology, Hebrew University, Isaac Stern, Oscar Hammerstein, San Francisco, Second World War, Academy Awards, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Irving Berlin, Marx Brothers, Emile Berliner, Karl Marx, Tel Aviv, Washington Post New!
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- An American in Paris by Gershwin on page 218, page 219, and page 232
- The Jewish Connection by Hirsh M. Goldberg on page 55, page 90, and Back Matter
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