Georges Borchardt, a literary agent who arranged for the publication in English of Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust memoir, Night, after it was rejected by 14 American publishers, and who introduced American readers to masters of the avant-garde, like the playwright Samuel Beckett, died on Jan. 18 at his home in Manhattan. He was 97. Mr. Borchardt had an astute eye for literary talent. At various times, he or the Manhattan agency that he and his wife, [...]

Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages who were killed, and their bodies then taken, in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. The remains were recovered and returned to Israel in a special operation by the IDF and the Shin Bet internal security agency. The army said it had recovered the remains from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis made possible as a result [...]

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, who helped establish scores of outposts around the world for the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement and served as a global ambassador to aid its far-flung emissaries in accomplishing their mission to revitalize Jewish life, died on June 4 at his home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He was 75. Rabbi Kotlarsky traveled tens of thousands of miles to respond to requests for an institutional presence in sparse Jewish communities in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, [...]

Congregation Tifereth Israel announces A new summer program “Joyfully Jewish” For children ages 5-10 Shabbat mornings, from 9:30-noon July 8, July 22, August 5, August 19 In our program, children will Participate in the Torah service Learn the meaning of Shabbat and the holidays Hear the Bible stories that define our history Understand how Jewish values enrich our lives Discover the joys of being Jewish All accomplished in a spirit of active fun and [...]

Myriam Sarachik, a scientist whose groundbreaking experiments illuminated subtle but fundamental physics in the electronic and magnetic behavior of materials, died Oct. 7 in Manhattan. She was 88. In the 1980s, she began performing her leading-edge work on superconductivity and molecules that acted like magnets. Last year, the American Physical Society awarded her the Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research for “fundamental contributions to the physics of electronic transport in solids and molecular magnetism.” She [...]