Tribute to Gavriel Salomon

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Though we grew up in separate countries, and had quite different childhoods, Gabi and I easily connected and became friends many years ago. Sometimes we’ve joked it is because we were both “Jaeckes”—literally “Jackets”—a phrase used somewhat disparagingly to refer to Jews who are of German rather than of Eastern European or Sephardic background and so always erred on the side of formality, rather than being unbuttoned in dress and in demeanor.