Gerald Krefetz (died 27 January 2006)"Paid Notice: Deaths. Krefetz, Gerald S." 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 two children, Adriene and Nadine.
Career Krefetz wrote on the economic status of Jewish communities in AmericaEdward S. Shapiro A Time for Healing: American Jewry Since World War II 1995 p123 "... without Money (1930) than to Gerald Krefetz's Jews and Money (1982). In describing the economic success of Jews in America, Krefetz noted that never in modern history had Jews been as wealthy or as powerful as in the United States." and on antisemitism.Boroson, Warren, "The money libel: Confronting a dangerous stereotype", Jewish Standard, 23 December 2010 In 1961, Krefetz was noted for calling attention to the lack of material about the Holocaust in American school textbooks.Fallace, Thomas, The emergence of Holocaust education in American schools, Macmillan, 2008, p 100.*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
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