Judaism and Jewish Faith in Vilna, Montreal, Harvard, and Jerusalem https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/religion-holidays/2021/03/judaism-and-jewish-faith-in-vilna-montreal-harvard-and-jerusalem/

March 19, 2021 | Ruth R. Wisse and Meir Soloveichik
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Ruth R. Wisse is best known for her penetrating scholarship on Yiddish literature, her robust defense of Zionism, her trenchant analysis of what Irving Kristol called “the political stupidity of the Jews,” and her courage in pointing out the moral and intellectual failings of academia. But in this conversation with Meir Soloveichik, Wisse discusses religion—a topic she has spoken and written about far less. She notes, among many other things, the seriousness and solemnity with which her generally undevout Russian-born parents took Passover, “without a hint of irony.” And although God was almost never discussed in her home or school, she confesses that, in her mind, “no one sounds as silly as an atheist.” (The conversation makes frequent reference to Wisse’s memoirs, which can be read here.)

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