The Jewish 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Jews of All Time

by Michael Shapiro

The Jewish 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Jews of All Time

Genres: Judaism, Biography

387 pages, Hardcover

First published June 2, 1997

About the author

Michael Shapiro writes about travel, the performing arts, and environmental issues for magazines and newspapers. A former staff reporter and editor at newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area, he’s the author of The Creative Spark, a collection of interviews with many of the world’s most creative people, and A Sense of Place, featuring conversations with leading travel writers. His stories appear in National Geographic, AFAR, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle and many other publications.

Reviews

[James Goldberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

My grandpa got this book for us when I was a teenager. On the surface is pretty simple: short biographies of 100 Jews author Michael Shapiro feels have had or will have the most influence on history, for good or ill. But it also can serve as a wonderful gateway into Jewish history, giving a sense of the broad scope of Jewish history through a hundred tiny windows.

[Savannah Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

KAFKA A JEW #W💯💯💯💯

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

I knew this book would be fascinating! When I first laid eyes on it, I knew just had to buy it.

"The Jewish 100 - A Ranking of the Most Influential Jews of All Time"

I don't think it's possible for anyone to have more respect or heart-felt affection for the Jewish people than I do. Throughout the ages, they have demonstrated their strength, their courage, and their intellectual genius everywhere they've gone. Dispersed throughout the world following the destruction of their homeland - at least twice - they've been a blessing to every society that accepted them. Even countries that didn't treat them well, i.e. Russia, Germany, Spain, etc., prospered because of the Jewish people living in their midst.

Here are just a few of the names of the people whose mini-biographies are included in this book: Moses, Jesus, Einstein, Freud, Anne Frank, Benjamin Disraeli, David Ben-Gurion, Rothschild, Trotsky, Golda Meir, Mendelssohn, Rabin, Louis Brandeis, Levi Strauss, Begin, Jonas Salk, Kissinger, Houdini, Groucho Marx, Steven Spielberg, and many more. Their lives, their contributions to the society of mankind, are beyond measure. Yes, some of them were not "noble," as we define nobility, but their impact on history is still felt today, no matter long ago or how recently, they lived.

[Nate · Rating 2 out of 5]

great informational read

[Aliah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Концовка испорчена напрочь! Спасибо русскому издательству -- уровня Шапиро не достичь никогда, т.к. его текст читается легко и приятно.