David Crane

Is there no field in which the Jewish mindset doesn’t excel?

Norman Lebrecht celebrates the explosion of Jewish talent between 1847 and 1947 in music, literature, painting, film, politics, philosophy, science and invention

issue 26 October 2019
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  • Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847–1947

    Norman Lebrecht

    Oneworld, pp. 442, £20

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