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Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman
SAT, NOV 8, 8 PM I Hill Auditorium • Ann Arbor
pianos
Yefim Bronfman is widely regarded as one of the most talented virtuoso
pianists performing today. Born in Russia, he emigrated to Israel at age
14. He"bucks the stereotype of the Russian soloist as merely a technical
wizard of large sound and emphatic personality. He has technique to
burn, but he also has a chameleon-like ability to subsume himself in the
music:' (The New York Times) Returning for the first time since his UMS
debut in 1994, Bronfman is joined by the great American pianist Emanuel
Ax, renowned not only for his poetic temperament and unsurpassed
virtuosity but also for the exceptional breadth of his performing activity.
PROGRAM
Brahms
Bolcom
Mozart
Rachmaninoff
Variations for Two Pianos on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b (1873)
RealerdOS (1991)
Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448 (1781)
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (1940)
Weighing In
Audience members were quick to
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Jews More Hawkish?
New York/JTA — Greater concern for
Israel among U.S. Orthodox Jews could
alter the politics of the pro-Israel com-
munity, a new study said.
The study, conducted by Sam
Abrams of Harvard University and
sociologist Steven M. Cohen of Hebrew
Union College, reported that among
non-Orthodox American Jews, those
over 65 are almost twice as likely to
rate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as
a major consideration in their vote
for president as are Jews aged 21-34.
Among Orthodox Jews, however, no
such variation with age occurs.
While the study, sponsored by the
Berman Jewish Policy Archive at New
York University, noted that multiple
trips to Israel could offset the tenden-
cy among the non-Orthodox to care
less about Israel's security, it warned
that current trends could significantly
alter the pro-Israel Jewish landscape
as Orthodox Jews come to figure more
prominently as political advocates for
the Jewish state.
"Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews
differ dramatically not only in their
levels of relative concern for Israel, but
also in terms of their political stances
in American life, and their approaches
to the conflicts between Israel and the
Palestinians:' the study says.
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein music director I Robert McDuffie violin
SUN, NOV 16, 4 PM I Hill Auditorium • Ann Arbor
Leon Botstein has one of the most unusual resumes in the business: the
Bard College president is founder and co-artistic director of the Bard Music
Festival, directs the American Symphony Orchestra, and now leads the
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, originally founded in the 1940s as Israel's
national radio orchestra. This UMS debut appearance features works by
three Jewish-American composers.
PROGRAM
Sternberg
Bernstein
The Twelve Tribes of Israel (1941)
Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp, and Percussion
(after Plato's'Symposiurn1 (1954)
Copland
Symphony No. 3 (1944 46)
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November 6 • 2008
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treatments."
She warns Americans not to panic
amid the financial crisis and fall
behind a more socialized healthcare
system and a more socialized economy
in general.
"I think that has to be resisted stren-
uously:' she said, "because this country
will become a very, very different place
— much less productive, much less free
and much less inspiring if we go the
way of socialism:'
Medved reinforced how a free mar-
ket has elevated Jews
in America.
"If there's one
group of people,
above all others in
the United States of
America, who should
feel eternal gratitude
for the dynamism
Michael
and the openness
Medved
and the opportunity
of a free market people, it's us:' he said.
weigh in on the lively discussion.
Allan Gale, associate director of
the Jewish Community Council of
Metropolitan Detroit, said Israel must
continue to oppose anti-Israel incite-
ment in Palestinians society. It also
must support Palestinian moderates in
striving to boost democratic principles,
political stability, financial transpar-
ency, economic development and
Palestinian-Israeli coexistence efforts.
"These are all elements which will
bring us closer to peace Gale said.
Burton Zipser of Oak Park
described Daniel Pipes' comments
about Israel's tactical change from
deterrence to resolution 15 years ago
as "quite sobering!'
"The policy for the past 15 years:'
he said, "has been to negotiate
instead of seeking victory over
extreme Islamists who want only
victory. Their victory would result in
elimination of the State of Israel and
isolation and eventual elimination of
America as a superpower!'
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Related Editor's Letter: page AS.
"The Orthodox are significantly
more identified with conservative
politics and the Republican Party and
take a commensurately more 'hawkish'
posture on Israel's search for peace
and security. If these tendencies con-
tinue, and the growth of Orthodoxy as
a share of the pro-Israel Jewish con-
stituency in the United States unfolds,
the posture and politics of that con-
stituency will change in predictable
directions:'
Sainthood Off?
New York/JTA — Jewish leaders said
the beatification of Nazi-era Pope
Pius XII likely would be postponed
after a meeting with the pope. Pope
Benedict's move to make the contro-
versial Pius XII a saint has outraged
many Jews, who blame the late pope
for staying silent in the face of Nazi
atrocities and not doing more to help
save Jews. After their Oct. 30 meeting
with the pontiff, Jewish officials said
they were left with the impression
that the beatification of Pius would be
postponed until the Vatican opened up
its World War II-era archives. But the
pope did not say as much explicitly.
Anti-Defamation League national
director Abraham Foxman welcomed
news that the Vatican's World War II
archive may be opened.