Tributes to William Helmreich, z”l

William (“Willy”) Helmreich (1946–2020) taught at The Graduate Center and at City College of New York starting in the ’70s until he passed away on March 28, 2020, from the coronavirus We begin with an excerpt from the tribute published on the CUNY Academic Hub by Professor Lynn Chancer, Executive Ofcer of the CUNY Ph D Program in Sociology What follows are tributes sent by his colleagues to the listserv of the Association for the Social Scientifc Study of Jewry and compiled with permission by Sarah Bunin Benor, April 2, 2020