Six linked short sto­ries from a prize-win­ning author ask, ​“When is it wise to be a fool for some­thing?” From 1920s anar­chists to 1940s draft resisters to hip young fundrais­ers now, char­ac­ters (Jew and non-Jew) approach the eter­nal Jew­ish ques­tion of what makes peo­ple want to be bet­ter than they are.