Amos Elon "The Pity of It All"

Amos Elon, Israeli Author, Dies at 82By ETHAN BRONNER Published: May 25, 2009 JERUSALEM — Amos Elon, an Israeli essayist and author who examined his society’s flaws and myths, explored some of its grea...

From , Director. Born Maximilian Goldmann of Jewish ancestry in the former country of Austria-Hungary, he worked as a theater director in Berlin, Germany, from 1902 to 1933, specifically the Deutsches ...

German Jewish industrialist. Born in Dessau, he began his rise to become one of Germany's "coal kings" as a 15-year-old apprentice in Caesar Wollheim's company in Berlin; became company secretary by ag...