The rare-book collector and dealer, whose impact on the Jewish book world was immeasurable, died of COVID-19 at age 77
Memoirist, essayist, and friend
A beloved educator who reacquainted Reform Judaism with abandoned practices and traditions
The proprietor of Zarin Fabrics and husband of Real Housewives star Jill Zarin has died at 71
Remembering Fred Bass, who shepherded an iconic New York City bookstore to greatness
Sheila Michaels, the trailblazing feminist who passed away recently, is only the latest notable Member of the Tribe whose ethnic and religious identity was erased by the Paper of Record
The Soundgarden frontman is dead at 52
The American author, journalist, and oral historian died this week at the age of 83
Barber’s prescient book ‘Jihad vs. McWorld’ put into perspective some of the forces that led to the attacks of 9/11
Legendary comedian Don Rickles dies at 90
In 1939, Metzger escaped the Nazis on a Kindertransport. His radical anti-art, or ‘aesthetics of revulsion,’ often dealt with the rejection of power.
For over 60 years, Rubinger captured modern Israel life—its leaders, wars, and people, including an everlasting image of three IDF paratroopers looking at the Western Wall after its recapture
Pearl Nathan, the mother of Tablet food columnist Joan Nathan, dies at 103
The German-Jewish immigrant was married for 76 years and served Chicago’s Emanuel Congregation for 30 years, serving as an educator well into his retirement
Why the death of Mary Tyler Moore—who portrayed an independent woman with a fulfilling life on her titular sitcom—matters now more than ever
Remembering the life of my friend and colleague—a professor and attorney who served as Israeli’s Justice and Finance Minister
I am forever grateful to ‘Momy,’ as he was known, because he helped launch my career years ago. But it was his lifelong devotion to Gibraltar that will last for generations to come.
The actress and socialite is dead at the age of 99
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