Gerald Krefetz (died 27 January 2006)
''The New York Times.'' January 29, 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2012. was an
American author specializing in financial topics.
Personal life
He was married to Ruth Marossi Krefetz. Together the couple had Adriene and Nadine.
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Career
Krefetz wrote on the economic status of Jewish communities in America and on antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism.
Antis ...
. In 1961, Krefetz was noted for calling attention to the lack of material about the Holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...
in American school textbooks.[*Krefetz, Gerald, "Nazisim: The Textbook Treatment", in '' Congress Bi-Weekly'', 28 (Nov 13, 1961), pp 5-7.]
Books
*''Money makes money: and the money money makes makes more money'', 1970
*''Jews and money: the myths and the reality'', 1982
*''The Parents Guide to Paying for College'', 1999
*''The Basics of Stocks'', 2005
*''The Basics of Speculating'', 2005
*''The Basics of Investing'', 2005
*''How to Read and Profit from Financial News'', 1995
*''Investing Abroad''
*''Leverage'', 1986
*''The Book of Incomes'', 1982
*''The Dying Dollar'', 1972
*''The Smart Investors Guide'', 1982
References
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Year of birth missing
2006 deaths
American businesspeople
American finance and investment writers
American self-help writers
Jewish American writers
21st-century American Jews