The Jews among the Nations

Erich von Kahler (1885-1970) was a Czech-born literary scholar, essayist, and historian who emigrated from Nazi Germany to the United States in 1938, where he taught at institutions including Cornell and Princeton Universities and became known for his profound analyses of history, culture, and human transformation. Leo Baeck Institute. His most notable works include Man the Measure (1943), a new approach to history; The Tower and the Abyss (1957), an inquiry into modern man's transformation praised by T.S. Read more →