Leo Taubes, introduced by Judy Taubes Sterman

Judy Taubes Sterman is the coauthor of The Rarest Blue: The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered (Lyons Press), which won the Jewish Journal Book Prize, and co-editor of Hokhma LeShlomo: Essays in Honor of Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin (Maggid), together with Baruch Sterman. Their latest work, an intellectual biography of Rabbi Yitzchak ha-Levi Herzog, is forthcoming from JPS. Leo Taubes, was born in Austria in 1934 and spent his childhood during the war years in Holland. After the war, he was reunited with his parents in England and eventually he and his father moved to New York. In 1957 he married, and together with his wife, they raised three children in Teaneck, NJ, where they were among the first Orthodox families to settle. For over four decades, he dedicated himself to teaching English, primarily at Yeshiva University. He was known as a tough, demanding teacher, but the students who met his high standards, many of whom went on to become educators themselves, remain forever grateful for the profound impact he had on their lives. He was a most beloved father and grandfather, deeply cherished by his family and friends. He passed away in 2019.