Bernard Lander, Touro founder, dies Rabbi Bernard Lander, who died this week at 94, created a vast education empire with the goal of sustaining Jewish tradition.
J.D. Salinger, reclusive author and grandson of rabbi, dies J.D. Salinger, author of “Catcher in the Rye,” recluse and grandson of a rabbi, has died at 91.
Howard Zinn, American Jewish historian, dies Howard Zinn, an American Jewish historian who wrote the “People’s History of the United States,” has died.