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Global Cues

by Michelle Minkoff | 01/30/2007

Fresh from finishing its study of the Viennese masters, the Lydian String Quartet embarks this spring on a second five-year concert series, "Around the World in a String Quartet." Never a group to think small, the quartet will travel far beyond the works of European composers, extending its bows toward a number of traditions not often associated with chamber music in its most ubiquitous form.Plucking from its repertoire music stretching from South America to Asia and many other parts of the world, the Lydians expect to conduct monumental research for their study, they said in an interview with the Justice, and are currently practicing for their first two concerts of the season.

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On-line mag debuts

by Michelle Minkoff | 01/30/2007

The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute launched a new online bi-monthly magazine last week to spark discussion on Jewish topics among women ages 20 to 40.The publication, titled 614: HBI eZINE, was born out of the Institute's desire to reach a wider range of women.

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High-powered duet reaches violin and piano perfection

by Michelle Minkoff | 01/23/2007

The piano and the violin: Few instruments can match the resilience of their centuries-old pairing.

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Meaningful, musical approach to remembering a national hero

by Michelle Minkoff | 01/16/2007

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke highly of Brandeis University and its "allegiance to justice" in 1957, said Assistant Dean of Student Life in Support of Diversity Jamele Adams.

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Program to train next generation of Jewish camp leader

by Michelle Minkoff | 01/16/2007

Jewish camps, the summer workplaces of many Jews at Brandeis, offer traditional summer activities in a Jewish environment.

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Talented duo drive a unique musical

by Michelle Minkoff | 12/05/2006

The story of a couple falling in and out of love, Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years is far from a simple tale.

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Framing quality theater in a miniscule space

by Michelle Minkoff | 11/21/2006

Wasserman Cinematheque, which most frequently houses movie screenings and a cappella performances, isn't the ideal space for a theatrical production.

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Study finds increase in Boston-area's Jewish population

by Michelle Minkoff | 11/21/2006

Greater Boston's Jewish population grew by almost 20 percent over the last decade, spurred significantly by more children of intermarried couples being raised Jewish, according to a study published this month.The study, conducted by the University's Steinhardt Social Research Institute and Combined Jewish Philanthropies, a fundraising group for Boston's Jewish Community, found that there were 105,500 Jewish households in the Boston area in 2005.

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Beautiful as a 'Butterfly'

by Michelle Minkoff | 11/14/2006

BOSTON-A fragile and tragic classic opened the Boston Lyric Opera's season Friday, eliciting a much-deserved standing ovation from the crowd in the Wang Center's Shubert Theatre.

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Mock Trial hosts its first tourney

by Michelle Minkoff | 11/07/2006

The Brandeis University Mock Trial Association held its first invitational tournament this weekend, attracting participants from Harvard, Yale, the United States Coast Guard Academy, the University of Hartford and elsewhere.The group decided to host the invitational to gain more recognition in the Mock Trial world, BUMTA Vice President Jon Krisch '07 said.

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