Buber's Contribution To Society

Buber had many ways of contributing to society in his lifetime. Early in life, Buber translated many literary texts including the Bible (to German) with help from his knowledge of many languages, the translation of the Bible actually turned out to influence his theories in many ways anyway so he got something out of this contribution also. Next, during the first world war, Buber helped in the founding of the Jewish National Commission which promoted bettering the lives of Eastern Jews from Europe, Buber was often quick to do any type of work that involved helping others. Another Contribution that Buber had to society was from 1923-1933 where Buber was a professor of Jewish theology along with the history of religion at Frankfurt University. Buber was the only Jew in the university as it was a German school, this later would quickly become an off limits situation as Jewish students were not allowed in university near the Holocaust. This is when Buber became Central Office Director of Jewish Adult Education. Buber later taught Hebrew in 1938 in Israel at the University of Jerusalem. He was an advocate for bettering relations between Israelites and Arabs. Buber also wrote and published a book in 1923, "I and Thou", this was mainly about teaching the Judeo-Christian tradition and relationships between people and others or other things. This book shows Buber's thought process of how humans are interconnected. Also above all this he contributed philosophical knowledge to the world as mentioned before. Overall Martin Buber was a great asset to society on providing others with knowledge on human purpose and education and helping bettering the relationships between others.