Stephen B.Shepard, a veteran magazine editor, was the Founding Dean of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
Stephen B. Shepard
By Stephen B. Shepard
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Culture How Jewish was J.D. Salinger?
Judaism did not factor in the author's 'Catcher in the Rye,' but that doesn't mean his work was devoid of spirituality
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Letters Jack Rosenthal: An Appreciation
I was travelling in Italy when I received an e-mail on May 7 from Jack Rosenthal. The subject line simply said, “Illness” – enough to make me shudder. And sure enough, the first sentence of his message got right to the point: “I’ve just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.” Fifteen weeks later, Jack was gone….
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Culture The Amazing Grace of Leonard Nimoy
I often called him Leib, his Yiddish name, picking up on the term of endearment used by his wife, Susan. We were friends for more than 25 years, the trailing spouses of the even longer friendship between our wives. I was not a Trekkie (or Trekker, to use the term Leonard preferred). I didn’t watch…
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