20th-century american jews

Theodore H. White

American political journalist and historian, known for his reporting from China during World War II and the Making of the President series

William Steig

American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children’s books, best known for the picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel’s Island, and Doctor De Soto

Dorothy Parker

American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles

Arthur Miller

American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater

A. J. Liebling

American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death

Thomas S. Kuhn

American philosopher of science whose 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shift, which has since become an English-language idiom