In his novel The Vices, Lawrence Douglas spins a Nabokovian web of intrigue and self-deception that hints at the way Jewish identity is constructed and performed
This week’s parasha, telling of the strange and inexplicable deaths of Aaron’s sons, is an excellent primer on truth, lies, bunk, and the crucial differences among them
What the Wittgenstein family gained and lost
Tracing Hilary Putnam’s roadmap to God
The twisted mind of Otto Weininger