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The Legacy of Steve Jobs: Is it Jewish to “Think Different?”
October 12th, 2011

In the days since Steve Jobs passed away, media outlets and social networking sites have been buzzing about his life, his legacy, and why he touched so many  people. Quotes from his now almost legendary commencement speech at Standford University in 2005 have popped up on my Facebook page and twitter feed repeatedly.

This man's contributions to the world and the philosophies he lived by clearly inspired the masses, but I began to wonder: was Steve Jobs's approach to life in accordance with Jewish thinking? (I'm not expert on the life of Jobs, therefore I'll only speak to the quotes that people keep mentioning.)

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