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Stephen Sondheim

Clockwise, from top left: Jessica Walter, Ed Asner, Sylvia Weinstock, George Segal, Norton Juster, Joan Micklin Silver and Larry King. (Photos/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

18 noteworthy Jews who died in 2021

by JTA December 28, 2021

Every year brings the deaths of Jewish icons who leave behind outsized legacies, from the realms of art and culture, government, business, philanthropy and beyond. Here are 18 whom we […]

Ariana DeBose as Anita and David Alvarez as Bernardo in the 2021 version of "West Side Story." (Photo/JTA-Niko Tavernise-20th Century Studios)
Posted inCulture

Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be?

by Jordyn Haime and JTA December 10, 2021
Stephen Sondheim listening to music in the recording control room during the original cast recording of the Broadway musical "Into The Woods" in 1987. (Photo/JTA-Oliver Morris'Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

How Stephen Sondheim helped me find my gay Jewish sensibility

Reb Irwin Keller by Rabbi Irwin Keller November 30, 2021December 1, 2021
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim died Nov. 26. (Photo/Forward-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inTheater

The last and greatest gift Stephen Sondheim gave us

Talya Zax by Talya Zax and Forward November 29, 2021

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