Isidore Haiblum

We continue to miss you. We share tender stories and funny stories of times with you. You were such a dear and good friend. Your photo sits next to my desk where I continue to write and think of you.

When I was 16, I stumbled across "The Tsaddik of the Seven Wonders" in a local bookshop.

The book was so delightful I did something unheard of for me...swallowed extreme shyness and wrote a fan letter.

Not only did Izzy write back, but we maintained a correspondance for many years. In the late '70s I visited New York with a friend and had dinner at Izzy's apartment - one of my fondest memories.

Izzy encouraged me to try writing and although I didn't feel equal to it at...

Isidore was my father's first cousin and he was in my life from some time in the mid 1960's. He had a wonderful smile and a great sense of humor and was eccentric in the very best sense of the word.

He usually came to our house for Rosh Hashonah and Pesach, often with whomever he was dating at the time. It was cool to have a cousin who was a real live published author. His stories always fascinated me, especially his obsession with Yiddish. I recall once visiting him in his place on E...

I always told Izzy that he was the cutest man in the universe, much to the chagrin of my adoring and adorable husband. Izzy made me laugh and was a best friend when I needed one. He and Ruth were the most romantic couple I've ever known. He will be carried always in our hearts.

I will miss Izzy, who arrived in my life when I first started editing Na'amat Woman Magazine more than 35 years ago.
He was a wonderful writer, a witty man, a great Yiddishist.
I will never forget our lunch with I.B. Singer.
Judith Sokoloff