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Eternal Exile
Shivah Stars
Each week, we select the most interesting Jewish obituary. This week’s section is dotted with Jewish names: New York City Opera impresario Irwin Schneiderman (father of N.Y. attorney general Eric); breast-cancer activist Evelyn H. Lauder; Irving Franklin, inventor of the modern baseball batting glove.
But it seems appropriate to remember Ilya Zhitomirskiy, who was found dead Saturday in San Francisco, likely the victim of suicide, at 22 (I know). With three friends from NYU, he created Diaspora*, a social network intended to be the open source antithesis of Facebook—and what could be more Jewish than that (and that name!)? Born in Moscow to two mathematicians, Zhitomirskiy was, according to Diaspora* mentor Eben Moglen, the most idealistic of the site’s founders.
Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22; Co-Founded Social Network [NYT]
Earlier: The Facebook Diaspora*
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an admirer
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Greased, Frightening
John Travolta’s massages, ‘homosexual Jewish men’ in Hollywood, and the true nature of prejudice
Voices Raised for Jerusalem
The Zamir Chorale brings its Jewish choral music to Jazz at Lincoln Center in celebration of Yom Yerushalayim
Old Jews Telling More Jokes
The web series ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’ goes off-Broadway, with shtick, songs, and a script by writer Daniel Okrent
The Most Perfect Hebrew Bible
The medieval Aleppo Codex was safeguarded for centuries in Syria. The problems started when it arrived in Israel.
