A Worms' Eye View

This is the second volume of memoirs by major philanthropist, educationalist, and industrial innovator. Fred Worms' new book is a compendium of articles, correspondence, essays, interviews and book reviews written over the years. There are interviews with the iconic mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek; the eminent philosopher and educator, Rabbi David Hartman; the irascible and influential Professor Yeshayahu Leibowitz. Other letters and articles relate to the Talmudist Rabbi Adin Steinzaltz, a 30 year-long exchange of letters on a multitude of subjects with Sir Isaiah Berlin, and with the writer Frederick Raphael, Professor George Steiner, Natan Sharansky, among others.