Today’s Jewish birthday: Leon Wieseltier

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Leon Wieseptier, 2015 (Photo: Wikipedia)

Leon Wieseltier (June 14, 1952) is an American critic and magazine editor. From 1983 to 2014, he was the literary editor of The New Republic. He was a contributing editor and critic at The Atlantic until 2017, when the magazine fired him following allegations and an admission by Wieseltier of multiple instances of sexual harassment. In 2020, he became the editor of Liberties, a quarterly literary review.

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Tomorrow, June 15:  Ezer Weizman

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