Emma Goldman was a social and political activist and the founder of the anarchist publication Mother Earth in the early 20th century. A Jewish immigrant by way of Russia and Germany, she involved…
Hannah Arendt was a German-Jewish writer and teacher whose 1951 book, The Origins of Totalitarianism, made her internationally famous. It was the first popular critical analysis of political…
merchant, retail executive, philanthropistBorn: 8/12/1862Birthplace: Springfield, Ill. Having successfully run a Chicago store specializing in men's fashions (1885–95), Rosenwald was tapped by…
Name at birth: Melvin KaminskyMel Brooks is that short, funny Jewish guy who is known to moviegoers as the man behind The Producers (1968), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974).…
