So
Lawrence Weschler was minding his own business, as all his stories
begin, when he got a call from Gravity Goldberg.
Gravity (her real name!) introduced herself as the Director of Public Programs and Visitor
Experience at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. She was
calling, she told him, to apprise him of an upcoming show--an inaugural
exhibition, that is, of a recently uncovered trove of work by Shimmel...