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...Gutman Award in American Social History) and numerous scholarly articles, and he is co-editor of the prestigious Encyclopedia of American Jewish History. During the three months following the conference, when Grynbaum seems to think that nothing further happened on this issue, Prof. Norwood was completing a major scholarly essay on Harvard’s relationship with the Nazis, which will be published shortly by American Jewish History, the leading scholarly journal in the field...
...Cottle's essay was absolutely delightful. While I am neither a strong environmentalist nor pregnant, I was genuinely impressed by her gracious mix of humor and wit as she addressed a subject that has proved to be a true political lightning rod in our country...
After I moved to a secular school, the contradictions continued. I eagerly took to heart an essay my eighth grade history teacher made us read that said “all religions are paths up the same mountain.” I pondered becoming a Jew-dhist when I learned the philosophy of Buddhism later in the year. But I grew uncomfortable when the same class spent just a bit too long discussing the story of “how the Jews killed Jesus.” Religious coexistence, I realized, was never that simple...
Charles Krauthammer's article "In Search of the Silver Bullet" [ESSAY, Nov. 4] puts science into perspective. No new theory and no technology will extinguish the tendency in man to kill members of his own species. Evil is as permanent as the sun and the stars. When we figure out what causes the sun and the stars, maybe then we can tackle the question of good and evil. Justin L. Panson State College...
Zwilich's new symphony is a 24-minute, three-movement, fast-slow-fast essay that daringly transforms the cello section into a collective soloist, a throaty protagonist locked in combat with the rest of the orchestra. Hard driving and explosive, the piece erupts from a single rhythmic idea that propels the music forward relentlessly. Even the moody slow movement cannot dilute the restless surge, which continues undaunted right to the final bar. Under Conductor Edo de Waart, the San Francisco players gave the 'Cello Symphony a committed, accomplished performance...