Jewish Psychologists

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SHORT LIST
Alfred Adler Solomon Asch Bruno Bettelheim Jerome Bruner Noam Chomsky Erik Erikson ² Leon Festinger Viktor Frankl Anna Freud Sigmund Freud Erich Fromm Kurt Goldstein Jerome Kagan Kurt Koffka Kurt Lewin	Cesare Lombroso Alexander Luria Abraham Maslow Stanley Milgram Walter Mischel Ulric Neisser ⁵ Otto Rank Theodor Reik Julian Rotter Edgar Rubin Stanley Schachter Lev Vygotsky David Wechsler Max Wertheimer
LONG LIST
Karl Abraham Nathan Ackerman Alfred Adler Franz Alexander Abram Amsel Silvano Arieti Rudolf Arnheim Eliot Aronson Solomon Asch Michael Balint Henri Baruk Aaron T. Beck Lauretta Bender Theresa Benedek Henri Bergson Leonard Berkowitz Daniel Berlyne Eric Berne Hippolyte Bernheim Bruno Bettelheim Jack Block Walter Blumenfeld Curt Bondy Josef Breuer A. A. Brill Urie Bronfenbrenner Jerome Bruner Egon Brunswik Charlotte Buhler Gerald Caplan Noam Chomsky Jacob Cohen Lee Cronbach¹ Gerald Davison Max Dessoir Felix Deutsch Helene Deutsch Morton Deutsch Emanuel Donchin Emile Durkheim Montague Eder Leo Eitinger Max Eitingon Paul Ekman Albert Ellis Erik Erikson ² Paul Federn Otto Fenichel Sandor Ferenczi Leon Festinger Jerry Fodor Charles Fox Jerome Frank Viktor Frankl Else Frenkel-Brunswik Anna Freud Sigmund Freud Kate Friedlander Erich Fromm Frieda Fromm-Reichmann Howard Gardner Norman Geschwind Carol Gilligan³ Haim Ginott Henry Gleitman Lila Gleitman Erving Goffman Marvin Goldfried Kurt Goldstein Roy Grinker Heinz Hartmann Richard Herrnstein Ira Hirsh Julian Hochberg Hans Hoff Willi Hoffer Leo Hurvich Edmund Husserl Susan Isaacs Irving Janis Murray Jarvik Joseph Jastrow Wilhelm Jerusalem Jerome Kagan Daniel Kahneman Leo Kanner Helen Singer Kaplan Abram Kardiner Daniel Katz David Katz Alan Kazdin Otto Kernberg Melanie Klein Nathan Kline Otto Klineberg Kurt Koffka Lawrence Kohlberg Leonard Krasner	David Krech Ernst Kris Lawrence Kubie Arnold Lazarus Richard Lazarus Lucien Lévy-Bruhl Kurt Lewin Sir Aubrey Lewis Benjamin Libet Edward Lichtenstein Robert Jay Lifton Otto Lipmann Jacques Loeb Rudolph Loewenstein Elizabeth Loftus⁴ Cesare Lombroso Perry London Irving Lorge Abraham Luchins Alexander Luria Margaret Mahler Moses Maimonides Judd Marmor Abraham Maslow Jules Masserman Donald Meichenbaum Stanley Milgram Eugene Minkowski Walter Mischel Jacob Moreno Hugo Muensterberg Charles Myers Jacob Nachmias Ulric Neisser ⁵ Bernice Neugarten Erich Neumann Fritz Perls Steven Pinker Michael Posner Leo Postman Karl Pribram Ira Progoff Sandor Rado Otto Rank David Rapaport Anatol Rapoport Fritz Redl Wilhelm Reich Theodor Reik Géza Révész Judith Rodin Milton Rokeach Morris Rosenberg Robert Rosenthal Sir Martin Roth Friedrich Rothschild Julian Rotter Edgar Rubin Hans Sachs Oliver Sacks Manfred Sakal Andrew Salter Stanley Schachter Daniel Schacter Paul Schilder Martin Seligman Otto Selz Richard Shiffrin Boris Sidis Sidney Siegel Herbert Simon ⁶ Samuel Slavson Elizabeth Spelke Baruch de Spinoza René Spitz Wilhelm Stekel William Stern Robert Sternberg Saul Sternberg Thomas Szasz Viktor Tausk Moritz Tramer Amos Tversky Leonard Ullmann Lev Vygotsky Paul Wachtel David Wechsler Albert Weiss Heinz Werner Max Wertheimer Benjamin Winer Herman Witkin Fritz Wittels Ludwig Wittgenstein ⁷ Lewis Wolberg Werner Wolff Joseph Wolpe Gregory Zilboorg
NOTES 1. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother; see A History of Psychology in Autobiography: Volume 8, edited by G. Lindzey (Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, 1989, p. 64). 2. Son of a Danish-Jewish mother, Karla Abrahamsen, and a German-Jewish step-father, Dr. Theodor Homburger. Prior to her marriage to Homburger, Erikson's mother was briefly married to a Danish Jew, Valdemar Isidor Salomonson. Erikson claimed, however, that his real biological father was an unknown, non-Jewish Dane. See Erik Erikson: a detailed evaluation and genogram study, by Monica McGoldrick. 3. Born Carol Friedman; listed as "Jewish" in Marquis Who's Who in America. 4. Born Elizabeth Fishman; see also http://williamcalvin.com/2002/OrangeCtyRegister.htm. 5. Son of the German-Jewish economist Hans Philip Neisser. See Encyclopaedia Judaica (Keter, Jerusalem, 1972, vol. 12, p. 945). 6. Jewish father, mother of partial Jewish ancestry, self-identifies as a Jew, although not religiously; see Models of My Life by Herbert A. Simon, BasicBooks, New York,NY, 1991, pp. 3, 17, 112, 262. 7. Jewish father, half-Jewish mother; see, e.g., Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius, by Ray Monk (Penguin, New York and London, 1990, pp. 4-7).