REMEMBERING ARNOLD FINE
When I turned 18 I took a part-time job at The Jewish Press editing the Letters to the Editor column.
I remember Arnie Fine telling me then, “You’ll notice that most of the letters are critical and negative. That’s human nature. You write a letter when you’re all roiled up about something. When you like something, you’re not as passionate as when you don’t.”
And of course he was right.
Arnie was a very warm and smart man, an integral part of The Jewish Press, and he will be sorely missed.
Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum
(Via E-Mail)
Editor’s Note:The writer is the author of Holy Brother: Inspiring Stories and Enchanted Tales About Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and coauthor of the Small Miracles series of books.
I was in the middle of my second week as editor of The Jewish Advocate when a copy of The Jewish Press arrived with the news of the passing of Arnold Fine. Although I’ve been in Boston for many years, I grew up in New York and even as a youngster I was a fan of his I Remember When column. It gave me a sense of the world of my parents’ childhood as I laughed at his wonderful stories.
My condolences to his family, his colleagues, and his friends. May his memory be for a blessing.
Daniel M. Kimmel
Editor
The Jewish Advocate
Every week I looked forward to reading I Remember When.For me it was like a trip to the past in the Bronx.
I once had the opportunity to visit Arnold Fine and that day was a very memorable one for me.
It’s nice to know his old columns will still be appearing in The Jewish Press.
Ira P. Antin
Succasunna, NJ
I was so saddened to hear of the passing of Arnold Fine. I was able to envision, with laughter and a smile, so many of the things he reflected on.
Vivian Miltz
(Via E-Mail)
Baruch Dayan Emet. Arnold Fine made so many people laugh and reminisce. He will be missed.
Phyllis LaVietes
(Via JewishPress.com)
Arnold Fine was a wise, warmhearted person, editor, and mentor from my own days writing for The Jewish Press. We are poorer for the loss of his humor and wisdom. May the family be comforted in the memory of this wonderful man.
Irving Wiesen
(Via JewishPress.com)
We were very sad to hear of Arnold Fine’s passing. We loved reading his column; it was nostalgic and funny even for those of us living in the United Kingdom.
Tevy & Evelyne Poznanski
(Via JewishPress.com)
Larry And Jane Glazer, A”H
Every word in Leah Goldstein’s tribute to the late Larry and Jane Glazer (In Memoriam, Sept. 12) was true.
I knew the Glazers. They never flaunted their wealth. Jane was honest, honorable, sensitive, always smiling. Larry decided that Rochester, a shell of what was once a thriving upstate city, could be revived with a thriving downtown. He was never pompous and his wealth never came up in a conversation. Others would brag; not the Glazers.
Of course, openly declaring their Judaism was another thing that made them different.
Lois Green Stone
Pittsford, NY
Welcome Antidote
Re Sara Lehmann’s interview of Charles Krauthammer (“ ‘America Always Comes Back,’ ” front page essay, Sept. 12):
In columns, essays, and television appearances, Krauthammer’s sagacious elucidation of the challenges facing Israel and Jews is a welcome antidote to what passes today for professional journalism and political discourse.
Mr. Krauthammer richly deserves our gratitude for his years of comprehensive and honest analysis of world events while retaining his “humble and self-deprecating” persona.