Daniel Kahneman, 1934-2024
Kahneman is an author and emeritus professor of behavioral psychology at Princeton who shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2002 for his work on prospect theory, which explores how people make decisions under…
Frederick “Frank” Kisch, 1888-1943 CIE+ members only
A British brigadier general, Kisch chaired the predecessor to the Jewish Agency, the Palestine Zionist Executive, from 1918 to 1921. Kisch was prolific in Jewish life in Mandate Palestine. He helped found the Palestine Philharmonic…
Ephraim Kishon, 1924-2005 CIE+ members only
A Holocaust survivor from Hungary, Kishon was a columnist, playwright and film director. His satirical work portrayed social and political issues, often focusing on the day-to-day struggles of regular people or on the state bureaucracy….
Joseph Klausner, 1874-1958 CIE+ members only
A historian born in Lithuania who attended the First Zionist Congress and others, Klausner supported Ahad Ha’am’s cultural Zionism and succeeded Ha’am as the editor of Hashiloah. He immigrated in 1919 and became a Hebrew…
