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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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Chaim Arlosoroff
1899 – 1933Labour Zionist politician in Mandatory Palestine (1899–1933)
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Konrad Bloch
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Chemistry & Biochemistry whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Historical –President of Israel from 1952 to 1963
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Evgeny Kissin
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Classical Music & Composition whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Alexander Zemlinsky
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Classical Music & Composition whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Mike Nichols
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Film, Television & Production whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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David Cronenberg
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Film, Television & Production whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Arthur Waskow
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Activism, Humanitarianism & Feminism whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Mikhail Gromov
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Mathematics & Computer Science whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Benjamin Ferencz
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Law & Jurisprudence whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Jed Rakoff
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Law & Jurisprudence whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Howard Temin
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Biology & Medicine whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Otto Loewi
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Biology & Medicine whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Hillel Furstenberg
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Mathematics & Computer Science whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Business, Finance & Technology whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Edgar Bronfman Sr.
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Business, Finance & Technology whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Larry Fink
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Business, Finance & Technology whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Stephen Schwarzman
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Business, Finance & Technology whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Historical –American Rabbi, writer, and activist
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Menachem Ussishkin
Historical –Russian-born Zionist leader
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Berl Locker
Historical –Israeli politician
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Melanie Klein
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Philosophy, Psychology & Social Theory whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Viktor Frankl
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Philosophy, Psychology & Social Theory whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Norman Mailer
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Literature & Poetry whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Michael Chabon
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Literature & Poetry whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Joseph Pulitzer
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Journalism & Media whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Eliezer Berkovits
Historical –German-American-Israeli rabbi and scholar
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I. L. Peretz
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Literature & Poetry whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Adolph Ochs
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Journalism & Media whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Daniel Schorr
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Journalism & Media whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Moshe Sneh
Historical –Israeli politician
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Mike Wallace
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Journalism & Media whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Joel Teitelbaum
Historical –Grand Rebbe of Satmar Hasidim
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David Remnick
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Journalism & Media whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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Steve Reich
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Classical Music & Composition whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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George Rochberg
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Classical Music & Composition whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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