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2009:

  1. Israeli Election
    Israeli Election

    with Martin Peretz, Sam Lewis, Leon Wieseltier and more on Feb 11, 2009

    Duration
    28 min
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    7 comments
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  2. Daily Highlights Wednesday February 11, 2009
    Daily Highlights Wednesday February 11, 2009

    with Sam Lewis, Walter Isaacson, Leon Wieseltier and more on Feb 11, 2009

    Duration
    6 min
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  3. A conversation about the film "Defiance"
    A conversation about the film "Defiance"

    with Liev Schreiber, Leon Wieseltier, Daniel Craig and more on Jan 13, 2009

    Duration
    39 min
    Comments
    5 comments
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  4. Daily Highlights Tuesday January 13, 2009
    Daily Highlights Tuesday January 13, 2009

    with Liev Schreiber, Daniel Craig, Leon Wieseltier and more on Jan 13, 2009

    Duration
    7 min
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    1 comment
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  5. Leon Wieseltier on Holocaust survivors
    Leon Wieseltier on Holocaust survivors

    with Leon Wieseltier on Jan 13, 2009

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    31 sec
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2007:

  1. A conversation about The New Republic magazine
    A conversation about The New Republic magazine

    with Franklin Foer, Martin Peretz and Leon Wieseltier on Apr 10, 2007

    Duration
    27 min
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2006:

  1. A conversation with editor Leon Wieseltier
    A conversation with editor Leon Wieseltier

    with Leon Wieseltier on Jul 24, 2006

    Duration
    20 min
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2003:

  1. An hour panel discussion about American foreign policy
    An hour panel discussion about American foreign policy

    with Shashi Tharoor, Leon Wieseltier and Richard Murphy on Apr 10, 2003

    Duration
    60 min
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Leon Wieseltier (b June 14, 1952) is an American writer, critic, and magazine editor. Since 1983 he has been the literary editor of The New Republic.

Wieseltier was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended Columbia University, Oxford University, and Harvard University.

Wieseltier has published several fictional and non-fictional books including “Kaddish”, a National Book Award finalist in 2000, and “Against Identity”, a collection of thoughts about the modern notion of identity.

During Wieseltier’s tenure as literary editor of The New Republic, many of his signed and unsigned writings have appeared in the magazine.

Wieseltier served on the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Wieseltier