The modern way of life works if you want to make money, but there are bigger questions that it just can’t answer. Judaism, the author of a new essay argues, can fill the gap.
The case of Pauline Wengeroff.
For traditional Jews and Catholics alike, liberalism has presented parallel but different dangers; so has anti-liberalism.
Saul Bellow’s semi-autobiographical novel Herzog, published 50 years ago, is an unforgettable account of the moral and intellectual ambiguities of modern and modern Jewish life.