Leonard Garment, close friend of Nixon and Meir, dies Leonard Garment, a close friend of President Richard Nixon and White House counsel during the Watergate scandal, has died.
Alvin Schiff, Jewish education pioneer, dies Alvin Schiff, a pioneer in Jewish education and a prolific author, has died.
Nothing gray about it: Bill Gray was good for the Jews In mourning Bill Gray, the highest-ranking African American to serve in Congress, it should be remembered that during a racially polarized era he talked the talk and walked the walked on black-Jewish relations.