Makers of Jewish Modernity: Thinkers, Artists, Leaders, and the World They Made

A unique reference to leading Jewish figures who helped shape the modern world

This superb collection presents more than forty incisive portraits of leading Jewish thinkers, artists, scientists, and other public figures of the last hundred years who, in their own unique ways, engaged with and helped shape the modern world.

Makers of Jewish Modernity features entries on political figures such as Walther Rathenau, Rosa Luxemburg, and David Ben-Gurion; philosophers and critics such as Walter Ben...