To Jon Pickow and friends and family of Jean Ritchie:

I am sorry for the loss of George Pickow.
My name is Alan Abbey and I am the author of a daily online column,
The Eulogizer, which runs on JTA.org, the website of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency. I write about Jews who have passed away recently,
and I was hoping you could help me confirm whether your husband was
Jewish. I don't need to know - nor do I care - whether he was a
"practicing" or believing Jew or whether he was an atheist or
Orthodox. If he was born and died a Jew, his story is one that I will
write about. I know it his life was fascinating - I have read several
articles about him. But none said whether he was Jewish or not.

Please, when you can, let me know, and feel free to share any
particular memories of him if you would.

Regards,
Alan Abbey
The Eulogizer
JTA.org
eulogizer@jta.org