Amid Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, two boys — one Israeli and one Palestinian — act as symbols of a peaceful future in a new mural painted on the side of the building at 49 Wyckoff Avenue in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. The mural was intended to channel a sense of hope, said Michelle Mayerson, who helped organize and commission the work, executed by a Chilean street artist who goes by the name [...]
Jewish outfielder Harrison Bader is headed back to New York, this time as a member of the New York Mets. The 29-year-old Bronxville native agreed to a one-year $10.5 million contract. Bader spent the first five and a half seasons of his baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he won a Gold Glove in 2021. He was traded to the New York Yankees in 2022, but despite his stellar defense, he struggled at [...]
Now hear this: For fans of “The Daily Show” — before Trevor Noah’s departure and the rotation of guest hosts — when Jon Stewart ruled late night political comedy, your hero is returning. Yes, you read that right: Jon Stewart will host his old program on Mondays, at 11 p.m., in a 45-minute format of monologues, interviews, and plenty of gags, beginning on Feb. 12. Fun ahead.
Mike Nussbaum, one of the oldest working actors in the U.S., who appeared in films, on TV, and on the stage, died Dec. 23, at his home in Chicago. He was 99. On film, he appeared in “Fatal Attraction,” “Field of Dreams,” “Men in Black,” “House of Games,” “Things Change,” “Harry and Tonto,” “Losing Josiah” and “Steal Big Steal Little.” On television, he performed in “The Equalizer,” “The X-Files,” “Brooklyn Bridge,” “Separate But Equal,” “Frasier,” [...]
Shecky Greene, a high-energy stand-up comedian who for many years was one of the big stars in Las Vegas, died on Dec. 31 at his home in Las Vegas. He was 97. Mr. Green was a frequent guest of Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson and other television hosts, and had acting roles ink movies and on television. In Las Vegas, though, he was “an institution,” The New York Times said. He told stories, he made faces, [...]
Sidney M. Wolfe, a physician and consumer advocate who for more than 40 years hounded the pharmaceutical sector and the Food and Drug Administration over a variety of issues, died on Jan. 1 at his home in Washington, DC. He was 86. Dr. Wolfe’s complaints included high prices, dangerous side effects, and overlooked health hazards. His work brought a new level of transparency and accountability to medical care. Along with the consumer advocate Ralph Nader, [...]
Gerry Holzman, a master woodcarver, who conceived and toiled for 20 years to build a merry-go-round that celebrated New York State with riding animals like a beaver, a cow and a pig as well as portrait panels of citizens like Susan B. Anthony, Grandma Moses and Theodore Roosevelt, died on Dec. 8 at his home in Brunswick, Maine. He was 90. The carousel, which is 36 feet wide and 23 feet high, was built with [...]
Joseph Lelyveld, a former executive editor and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, who won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for his book, Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White, died on Jan. 5 at his home in Manhattan. He was 86. Mr. Lelyveld was one of the most respected journalists in America for nearly four decades, a globe-trotting adventurer, who reported from Washington, Congo, India, Hong Kong, Johannesburg and London, winning [...]
Martha Diamond, who captured the changing face of New York’s buildings, streets and vistas with simple expanses of color, died on Dec. 30. She was 79. She began drawing as a child, and often accompanied her father, a physician, to hospital rounds near the Central Park Conservatory Garden. She remained awe-struck many decades later by the looming Manhattan skyline that appeared as they drove across the Queensboro Bridge. Among her successes, she appeared in the [...]
Arno J. Mayer, a historian whose unorthodox reading of the first half of the 20th century challenged conventional understanding of WWI, WWII and the Holocaust, died on Dec. 17 at a senior care facility in Princeton, NJ. He was 97. Dr. Mayer was the son of Luxembourg Jews who fled to America with his family just ahead of the Nazi invasion in 1940. His career in academia and writings was devoted largely to trying to [...]
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