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Jul 28, 2016 · WITCHEL--Dr. Barbara, 84, died on July 25 of complications from vascular dementia in White Plains, N.Y. She was a beloved professor and administrator at Iona College for 35 years. Survived by...
- July 25, 2016
Sep 27, 2012 · A powerful affirmation of family bonds, of the soul-sustaining love—and special dishes shared in beloved company—that persist from generation to generation.” –The New York Times Book Review. "In this warm memoir, Witchel recounts her mother’s mental decline and the solace she derived from preparing family recipes.
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- Alex Witchel
Sep 21, 2012 · Barbara Witchel shopped and cooked and studied and taught and kept up with all the latest findings in the psychology journals. She also read books to the blind and took political petitions door...
- Maggie Scarf
Sep 7, 2012 · Alex Witchel is a staff writer for the magazine. Editor: Sheila Glaser A version of this article appears in print on , Page 40 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: How My Mother Disappeared .
Dec 2, 2012 · “All Gone,” by Alex Witchel, a writer for The New York Times Magazine known for her snappy celebrity profiles, tells how her mother, born Barbara Goldfein, taught her that “getting to the...
- Rachel Shteir
Sep 25, 2012 · Alex Witchel's mother, Barbara, was always meticulous about her appearance and strict about her work schedule. She taught for more than five decades, and rather than telling her children to do their best, she would kiss them and say, "May you be brilliant."
Sep 25, 2012 · Barbara Goldfein Witchel pursued a doctorate and full-time career when mothers rarely did, valued honesty and brightness above all, and was a supermom and close friend to her older daughter. In...
