Jackie Mason (center) with his wife Jyll Rosenfeld and the author in Tov Taam in May. I do not know if my May 26, 2021 interview with Jackie Mason was his last, but it is certainly odd to consider that itâs a possibility. I am a rav, unmoved by fame, its trappings and the powerful yetzer hara it could bring. However, I am also an amateur historian, focusing primarily on early American rabbanim and Jews, writing a series on this topic in Ami Magazine. Advertisement '); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: '/', type: 'banner', zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, secure: true });