Pointing out that “the Jew has made distinctive and creative contributions to modern psychology far in excess of his mmerical strength,” Sidney H. Reiss outlined “The Contributions of Jews to Psychology” over radio stafion WBNX, last night, under the auspices of the Young People’s League of the United Synagoues of America.
Reiss pointed out that “of the psychoanalytic #ity” Freud, Jung, and Adler, enty Jung is a non-Jew.” Fritz Wittels, Abraham A. Brill, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgand Kohler, Kurt Goldstein, Solomon Stricker, Samuel Sehmalhausen, Wolf Adler, Sandor Ferenczi were among the Jewish psychologist mentioned.
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