The lives of Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem were variations on the same fate. Two of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century, they were born less than 10 years apart—Scholem in 1897, Arendt in 1906—to highly assimilated German Jewish families. Both would end up fleeing the collapse o
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I thought this was fascinating. No idea you had a blog. No idea how you find the time to research and write such an interesting piece. I have been meaning to call you. Not in Shul as I have been unwell. Best Dorie Shwedel
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