Philosophy, Religion & Harry Wolfson by Leon Wieseltier When Harry Austryn Wolfson died in September 1974 at the age of eighty-seven, he left behind him a reputation for…
The Age of the Avant-Garde, by Hilton Kramer by Leon Wieseltier The explosion of artistic talent in this country in the 1940's and 50's, with the accompanying thrill of America's suddenly…
Songs of Jerusalem and Myself, by Yehuda Amichai by Leon Wieseltier Yehuda Amichai was born in Germany in 1924, and in 1936 emigrated to Palestine, where he eventually fought in the…
The Oath, by Elie Wiesel by Leon Wieseltier Elie Wiesel has been working at his fiction of suffering for a quarter of a century. His personal project has…
Encounters Between Judaism and Modern Philosophy, by Emil L. Fackenheim; If Not Now, When? by Mordecai M. Kaplan and Arthur A. C by Leon Wieseltier God and the Jews, world history and its creator, pure eternity and suffering temporality--these are the poles which define the…