Great post. As noted below, Kurt Vonnegut was not Jewish. He did say that he had always been part of the publishing world, "so all of my friends are Jewish." He was also in Dresden as POW during te bombing. He was captured at the Battle of the Bulge. A German soldier commented on his name and wanted to know why he was fighting his brothers. He said "What kind of brothers? I was born in Indianapolis."
Underlining was the typewriter-replacement for printed Italics. (Remember typewriters?)
I nominate Issac Asimov. Jewish, brilliant, polyglot, creator of the 3 laws of robotics. He wrote so much stuff that there has to be something that fits the bill. Second nominated is Kurt Vonegut, also Jewish. Fiction, but still based on history. One novel featured the bombing of dresden and the planet Trafalmadore. There are plenty on our greats like Einstein, but I don't have any particular books to recommend. Bring Kfir Bibas home! Now!
Kurt's still solid with me. I'm pretty sure that Woody Allen is Jewish, but I'm going to pick the Fonz, Henry Winkler to play safe as my designated writer.
Great post. As noted below, Kurt Vonnegut was not Jewish. He did say that he had always been part of the publishing world, "so all of my friends are Jewish." He was also in Dresden as POW during te bombing. He was captured at the Battle of the Bulge. A German soldier commented on his name and wanted to know why he was fighting his brothers. He said "What kind of brothers? I was born in Indianapolis."
Underlining was the typewriter-replacement for printed Italics. (Remember typewriters?)
I nominate Issac Asimov. Jewish, brilliant, polyglot, creator of the 3 laws of robotics. He wrote so much stuff that there has to be something that fits the bill. Second nominated is Kurt Vonegut, also Jewish. Fiction, but still based on history. One novel featured the bombing of dresden and the planet Trafalmadore. There are plenty on our greats like Einstein, but I don't have any particular books to recommend. Bring Kfir Bibas home! Now!
Dont't hold it against him, but Kurt Vonnegut was not Jewish. But he was a great writer.
Kurt's still solid with me. I'm pretty sure that Woody Allen is Jewish, but I'm going to pick the Fonz, Henry Winkler to play safe as my designated writer.
Haha. George Lucas was Jewish. Star Wars everyone.
Doesn’t bother me - I’m not Jewish can’t hold that against anyone. It probably gave him good insight into the ways the non Jews in the book thought.