Aaron Bernstein

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Aaron Bernstein (18121884) was a German Jewish scientist, author and reformer.

In the middle of the 19th century Bernstein took an active share in the movement for synagogue reform in Germany. He was the author of two delightful Ghetto stories. Vogele der Maggid and Mendel Gibbor, being one of the originators of this genre of modern fiction. He was also a publicist, and his History of Revolution and Reaction in Germany (3 vols., 1883-1884) was a collection of important political essays.

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An article about Aaron Bernstein: Frederick Gregory, "The Mysteries and Wonders of Natural Science: Aaron Bernstein's Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher and the Adolescent Einstein," in Einstein: The Formative Years, 18791909, ed. Don Howard and John Stachel (Boston: Birkhauser, 2000), 23-41.

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