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Gertrude Himmelfarb speaking about history on C-Span2 in Washington DC, the United States on June 10, 2008. (C-Span2)

Victorian scholar Gertrude Himmelfarb, mother of anti-Trump conservative Bill Kristol, dies at 97

A professor of history, she was married to the late journalist Irving Kristol, an influential voice in the neoconservative movement in the 1970s.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 3, 2020 1:42 pm

The power of ideas: Irving Kristol, public intellectual and godfather to neoconservatives

The executive editor of Commentary magazine reflects on the influence of Irving Kristol, the neoconservative thinker who died on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.

September 22, 2009 7:00 pm

Irving Kristol, ‘godfather of neoconservatism,’ dies

Irving Kristol, a political writer and forebear of neoconservatism, has died.

September 21, 2009 10:01 pm

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Victorian scholar Gertrude Himmelfarb, mother of anti-Trump conservative Bill Kristol, dies at 97

The power of ideas: Irving Kristol, public intellectual and godfather to neoconservatives

Irving Kristol, ‘godfather of neoconservatism,’ dies

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