The Agony Of The COVID-19 Obituarist
Writing obituaries for the victims of COVID-19 served as a kind of therapy for the bereaved, but it also tore open old wounds.The post [The agony…
As deadline passes, West Bank settlers say no rush on annexation
Opponents of the plan within the settlement leadership have even gone so far as to actively campaign against the Trump plan.
Lenora Garfinkel, 89, Noted Orthodox Architect Who Lost A Son And Grandson To COVID-19
Three members of the Garfinkel family all died within days of each other of COVID-19.The post [Lenora Garfinkel, 89, noted orthodox architect wh…
Avraham ‘Bobby’ Katz, 73, Helped Establish Hasidic Community In New Jersey
Within four years, Katz had help settle close to 100 Hasidic families in Linden, New Jersey.The post [Avraham ‘Bobby’ Katz, 73, helped establ…
Chaim Gantz, 50, Hasidic Social Worker Who Worked With Youth
Gantz was sought after in the Orthodox by young people who didn’t quite fit in.The post [Chaim Gantz, 50, Hasidic social worker who worked with y…
Alan Hurwitz, 79, Progressive Educator, Anti-Racism Advocate, Bank Robber
Hurwitz was committed to racial justice but wound up spending two decades in prison for a string of bank robberies.The post [Alan Hurwitz, 79, pr…
Bernard Israel, 90, Longtime Sexton Of Highland Park Synagogue
A man with a booming voice who would stand at the entrance greeting congregants, Israel was known for walking around during weekday prayers rattlin…
Israeli Parliament Women’s Committee will be led by a man
Israeli feminist groups are outraged.
Cyril Wick, 90, race car driver who ‘dressed British, thought Yiddish’
There was something exotic and debonair about Cyril Wick in the 1950s.
Ira Beer, 82, Dedicated His Retirement Years To Torah Study
After selling his business in 2012, Beer devoted himself to Jewish study, meeting daily with a partner and finishing the entire Talmud at least twi…