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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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Theodor W. Adorno
1903 – 1969German philosopher, sociologist, and theorist (1903–1969)
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Vladimir Horowitz
1903 – 1989Russian and American pianist (1903–1989)
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Al Hirschfeld
1903 – 2003American caricaturist (1903–2003)
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Yeshayahu Leibowitz
1903 – 1994Israeli Orthodox Jewish philosopher (1903–1994)
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Otto Preminger
1905 – 1986Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (1905–1986)
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Albert Sabin
1906 – 1993Polish-American medical researcher (1906–1993)
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Pierre Mendès France
1907 – 1982French politician (1907–1982)
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Arthur Goldberg
1908 – 1990American statesman and jurist (1908–1990)
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Lev Landau
1908 – 1968Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)
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Jacob Bronowski
1908 – 1974Polish-born British mathematician and historian (1908–1974)
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Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
1910 – 2012Israeli Haredi rabbi (1910–2012)
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Abraham Ribicoff
1910 – 1998American politician (1910–1998)
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Bruno Kreisky
1911 – 1990Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)
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Teddy Kollek
1911 – 2007Israeli politician (1911–2007)
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Isser Harel
1912 – 2003Israeli intelligence officer (1912–2003)
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Salvador Luria
1912 – 1991Italian American microbiologist (1912–1991)
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Philip Guston
1913 – 1980Canadian-American painter and printmaker (1913–1980)
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Joe Shuster
1914 – 1992Comic book artist (1914–1992)
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Saul Steinberg
1914 – 1999Romanian-born American cartoonist (1914–1999)
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Abba Eban
1915 – 2002Israeli diplomat and politician (1915–2002)
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Moshe Dayan
1915 – 1981Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
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Robert Hofstadter
1915 – 1990American physicist (1915–1990)
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Christian B. Anfinsen
1916 – 1995American biochemist (1916–1995)
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Yehudi Menuhin
1916 – 1999American-British violinist (1916–1999)
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Irving Penn
1917 – 2009American photographer (1917-2009)
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Julian Schwinger
1918 – 1994American theoretical physicist (1918–1994)
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Yigal Allon
1918 – 1980Israeli general and politician (1918–1980)
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Joseph Wapner
1919 – 2017American reality court show judge (1919–2017)
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John Harsanyi
1920 – 2000Hungarian-American economist and philosopher (1920–2000)
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Irving Kristol
1920 – 2009American columnist, journalist, and writer (1920–2009)
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Isaac Asimov
1920 – 1992American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
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Red Holzman
1920 – 1998American basketball player and coach (1920–1998)
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Meir Amit
1921 – 2009Israeli politician (1921–2009)
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Jack Steinberger
1921 – 2020German-American physicist, Nobel laureate (1921–2020)
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Lucian Freud
1922 – 2011British painter and engraver (1922–2011)
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Shimon Peres
1923 – 2016Israeli politician (1923–2016)
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