Sholem Aleichem
In the 1970s, Bel married a second time to Sidney J. Gluck, five years her junior, and remained married until her death. He is an acclaimed writer, photographer, China expert and public interest advocate who runs the Sholem Aleichem Memorial Foundation. In 2010, Kaufman celebrated her 99th birthday at the annual memorial to her famous grandfather, the Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem. She was still writing at age 101, in July 2012.