Jeffrey Shandler
By Jeffrey Shandler
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	  Culture Adrienne Cooper Embodied Progressive SpiritIt is hard to imagine the world without Adrienne Cooper, a friend said to me on learning that she was near death. As she did for so many others, she enriched my life for decades with thrilling song, wise words, and trenchant humor. She is perhaps best known as a concert and recording artist, one… 
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	  News Mayer Kirshenblatt, 93, Merchant Who Became an Artist of MemoryKnowing Mayer Kirshenblatt, who died November 20 at age 93, was a rare privilege. Through him and his family, I learned about his hometown and a way of life — each remarkable in its own right, as was Kirshenblatt himself. For several decades, Kirshenblatt was the unofficial ambassador from Apt — the town in pre-World… 
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