Re:Why I'm Resigning from the National Science Foundation
by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @12:21PM
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> These are markedly distinct career paths from the ones taken by homegrown Jews,
Actually "Oppenheimer" the movie also supplies examples of two very different New York Jewish backgrounds:
J Robert Oppenheimer, from an affluent, non-religious family - with an Upper West side apartment and a summer vacation home on Long Island. His father came to the USA as a teenager, and prospered in business.
Isidor Isaac Rabi, from an orthodox, Yiddish-speaking family living in a two-room apartment on the Lower East Side. He was born shortly before the family came to the USA.
Actually "Oppenheimer" the movie also supplies examples of two very different New York Jewish backgrounds:
J Robert Oppenheimer, from an affluent, non-religious family - with an Upper West side apartment and a summer vacation home on Long Island. His father came to the USA as a teenager, and prospered in business.
Isidor Isaac Rabi, from an orthodox, Yiddish-speaking family living in a two-room apartment on the Lower East Side. He was born shortly before the family came to the USA.