Trinity Audioplayer ready... Most people spend their later years looking back. Harold Grinspoon has spent his reinventing himself. The businessman became a philanthropist. The philanthropist discovered Jewish children’s books and created PJ Library. In hi... See more
The man who changed Jewish bedtime stories is still reinventing himself at 97 The philanthropist Harold Grinspoon has taken up art while continuing to fund the expansion of PJ Library. (JTA) — Most people spend their later years looking back. Harold Grins... See more
Jane Yolen and her most famous book, “The Devil’s Arithmetic.” Courtesy of Jason Stemple and Penguin Random House By Penny Schwartz June 14, 2026 ( JTA ) — Jane Yolen was already an award-winning author and illustrator of more than 100 titles for young re... See more
Fast Forward Jane Yolen, children’s book author whose ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ became a Holocaust classic, dies at 87 Yolen published her first book at 22 and brought 450 titles to press, according to her family (JTA) — Jane Yolen was already an award-win... See more
When Harvard University’s rabbi first pushed to relocate the Hillel from the outskirts of campus to its center, Henry Rosovsky was initially skeptical. “He was absolutely right. I was wrong,” Rosovsky told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in 2017, at a 25th ... See more
