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Our world today is a better place due to contributions that have been made by people in all ethnic, religious, and cultural groups. The Jewish people, are one of the groups that have made significant differences in a variety of roles that impact our lives today.

There are many categories in which Jewish people have used their skills to excel and to improve our lives.

The following is a partial listing of Jewish people in varied professions, who have gifted us with their contributions. Surely, you'll recognize some of the names, and will be able to relate to how they have brought joy, health, peace and knowledge into your life.

Science and Medicine:
Albert Einstein - Nobel Prize winner, discovered the general theory of relativity
Sigmund Freud - Psychoanalyst, Medical Research
Jonas Salk - developed the Polio vaccine
Carl Sagan - - Astronomer, Educator and Author
Paul Ehrlich - Nobel Prize for Discovering Treatment for Syphilis
Albert Sabin - Developed an Improved Polio Vaccine

Sports:
Hank Greenberg Baseball Player, Baseball Hall of Fame
Mark Spitz - Swimmer - Munich Olympic Games - Seven Gold Medals
Sandy Koufax - Baseball Legend

Music:
Irving Berlin Songwriter
Leonard Bernstein - - Conductor & composer
Isaac Stern - Violin virtuoso
Barry Manilow - Singer
Barbra Streisand -Actor, Director, Musician, Producer, Composer
Neil Diamond - Song writer and Singer
Benny Goodman - Musician
George Gershwin - Composer
Leonard Bernstein - Conductor
Itzhak Perlman - Violinist

Artists:
Marc Chagall Artist/Painter
Allen Ginsberg - Poet laureate of the Beat Generation
Peter Maxx - Artist/Painter
Louise Nevelson - Artist/Sculptor
Annie Lebowitz - Photographer
Al Capp - Cartoonist, Writer

Authors:
Arthur Miller - Writer
Elie Wiesel - Author & humanitarian
Mordechai Richler - Writer
Saul Bellow Novelist
Philip Roth - Writer
Franz Kafka Writer
Neil Simon Producer, playwright and screenwriter
E.L. Doctorow
Joseph Heller
Norman Mailer
Budd Schulberg
Gertrude Stein
Herman Woulk
Leon Uris

Politicians/Statesmen/Gove rnment:
Moshe Dayan -Politician, Minister of Defense
Golda Meir - Israeli premier (1969-74), a founder of the
State of Israel
Madeleine Korbel Albright U.S. Secretary of State
Alan Greenspan Economist
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - United States Supreme Court Justice
Michael Bloomberg - Philanthropist, Mayor of New York City

Business:
Helena Rubinstein -moving force in the cosmetic industry (Helena Rubinstein Cosmetics)
Stanley Marcus - Chairman Emeritus, Neiman Marcus
Ron Sommer - CEO Deutsch Telecom
Milton Hershey - Hershey Chocolates
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