The Annual Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Lecture
Fall 2005: Leon Wieseltier
On Tuesday, November 22, 2005, the Annual Gruss Lecture was presented by Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor of The New Republic, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM in Martin Lipton Hall located in D'Agostino Hall. The lecture was open to the public. Following the lecture was a short cocktail reception. Please see below for Mr. Wieseltier's biographical information and pictures of the event.
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| Dean Richard Revesz Leon Wieseltier Professor Moshe Halbertal |
Leon Wieseltier Professor Moshe Halbertal |
Leon Wieseltier Professor Moshe Halbertal Audience Members |
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| Professor Moshe Halbertal Audience Member |
Leon Wieseltier Audience Members |
Leon Wieseltier Professor Moshe Halbertal Audience Member |
Leon Wieseltier Biographical Information
- Born in 1952 in Brooklyn, NY.
- Educated at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, Columbia College, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard University.
- 1979-1982 Member of the Society of Fellows at Harvard.
- 1983-present: Literary Editor of The New Republic.
- Author of Kaddish, Against Identity and Nuclear War, Nuclear Peace, and editor of The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent: Selected Essays of Lionel Trilling.
- Leon has published widely on Jewish culture and politics.
