Norman Podhoretz, Writer Who Mapped Path for Neocons, Dies at 95

Norman Podhoretz

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Norman Podhoretz, the longtime editor of the American Jewish Committee’s magazine Commentary, whose journey away from the political left was a milestone in the neoconservative movement, has died. He was 95.

His son, John, the editor of Commentary, wrote on the publication’s website that Podhoretz died on Tuesday.