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Historical Epoch · 1880 CE – 1945 CE
Modern Period, 1880–1945
העת החדשה, 1880–1945
Mass migrations to America, birth of political Zionism, explosion of science and culture, and the tragedy of the Holocaust.
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Jacob Javits
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Global Politics & Government whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Jared Polis
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Global Politics & Government whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Michael Bennet
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Global Politics & Government whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Stephen Breyer
Historical –US Supreme Court justice from 1994 to 2022
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Steven Weinberg
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Physics & Astronomy whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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David Gross
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Physics & Astronomy whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Martin Kamen
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Chemistry & Biochemistry whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Grigory Margulis
Historical –Russian mathematician
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Manuel Blum
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Mathematics & Computer Science whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Joshua Angrist
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Economics & Public Policy whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Edmond James de Rothschild
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Business, Finance & Technology whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Amos Tversky
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Philosophy, Psychology & Social Theory whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Sholem Aleichem
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Literature & Poetry whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Carl Bernstein
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Journalism & Media whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Darren Aronofsky
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Film, Television & Production whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Man Ray
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Visual Art, Architecture & Design whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Raul Hilberg
Historical –Pioneering contributor in History, Archaeology & Scholarship whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Jacob Neusner
Historical –Pioneering contributor in History, Archaeology & Scholarship whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Ari Aster
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Film, Television & Production whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Elena Kagan
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Law & Jurisprudence whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Richard Karp
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Mathematics & Computer Science whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Otto Meyerhof
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Chemistry & Biochemistry whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Max Perutz
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Chemistry & Biochemistry whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Wassily Leontief
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Economics & Public Policy whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Paul Krugman
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Economics & Public Policy whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Helena Rubinstein
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Business, Finance & Technology whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Osip Mandelstam
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Literature & Poetry whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Darius Milhaud
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Classical Music & Composition whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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R. B. Kitaj
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Visual Art, Architecture & Design whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Rose Schneiderman
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Activism, Humanitarianism & Feminism whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Avital Sharansky
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Activism, Humanitarianism & Feminism whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Yehuda Bauer
Historical –Pioneering contributor in History, Archaeology & Scholarship whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Simon Kuznets
1901 – 1985American economist and statistician (1901–1985)
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Regina Jonas
1902 – 1944First woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1902–1944)
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson
1902 – 1994Seventh Chabad Rebbe (1902–1994)
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Bruno Bettelheim
1903 – 1990Austrian-American writer (1903–1990)
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