can we please please not spend our precious collective energy wringing our hands at the impending death of [insert jewish concern here]? it's such a waste. no, of course jewish lit today isnt the exact same stuff as it was ten, twenty, forty, sixty, a hundred years ago. but nor should it be. Deresiewicz piece really blows. i swear, it sometimes seems that the "Bemoan Waning _____ Among American Jews" writing is a genre unto itself.
--daniel b