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Richard Kreitner

Richard Kreitner is a writer and researcher in New York who contributes to Tablet, the Nation, Slate, and Salon. He is on Twitter at @richardkreitner.

  • Nat Bregman, Nelson Mandela, and Lazer Sidelsky at a reunion in 1998.(Courtesy of South African Jewish Board of Deputies)
    Nat Bregman, Nelson Mandela, and Lazer Sidelsky at a reunion in 1998.(Courtesy of South African Jewish Board of Deputies)
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    Nelson Mandela Was a Revolutionary—and These Jews Made Common Cause With Him

    With a new biopic commemorating his long struggle against apartheid, remembering the children of European refugees who helped

    byRichard Kreitner
  • Exterior of Bnai Jacob Syangogue, in its 1919-1956 location.(Sara Tauben/Interactive Museum of Jewish Montreal)
    Exterior of Bnai Jacob Syangogue, in its 1919-1956 location.(Sara Tauben/Interactive Museum of Jewish Montreal)
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    The Keeper of Montreal’s Jewish History

    Joe King, who died Saturday at 90, chronicled the city’s rich Jewish past

    byRichard Kreitner
  • The three Bellow sons at the Nobel ceremony in Stockholm in 1976.(Charles Osgood/Chicago Tribune)
    The three Bellow sons at the Nobel ceremony in Stockholm in 1976.(Charles Osgood/Chicago Tribune)
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    Dangling Men

    Saul Bellow was a complicated father to his three sons. In a new book, the eldest tries to parse his inheritance.

    byRichard Kreitner
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