Bio
LEON WIESELTIER was born in Brooklyn in 1952. He is the literary editor of The New Republic. He has published several books, including A Passion for Waiting, Jewish Historiography, and Kaddish, winner of the 1998 National Jewish Book Award. He currently lives in Washington, D.C.Leon Wieseltier Books
The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent
Lionel TrillingIlluminations
Walter Benjamin