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Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in 100 Pieces Book review: The musical genius explored

A dizzying dive into the world of this terrifyingly talented composer

By Jenni Frazer

2 min read

Sculpture by Ludwig van Beethoven in Vienna.

Kandinsky painting with a tragic Holocaust past for sale at Sotheby's

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The downfall of Netanyahu's biggest critic shows male stupidity is an ever-present risk

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A 100-year-old survivor remembers the murdered community of Rhodes

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More from Jenni Frazer

How British music was transformed by the refugees who played a new tune

The legacy of the hundreds of musicians who fled the Nazis to these shores is celebrated in a new exhibition

4 min read

January 13, 2023 10:17

How British music was transformed by the refugees who played a new tune

Arise, Sir Ephraim: Meet the man behind the New Year's Knighthood

A lover of jokes, song and Spurs, Ephraim Mirvis is described as 'warm and principled'

6 min read

January 5, 2023 11:16

Arise, Sir Ephraim: Meet the man behind the New Year's Knighthood

The Jew who runs the zoo: Former UK ambassador to Israel on what it's like running London Zoo

Britain’s first Jewish ambassador to Israel has got his dream job in Regent's Park

7 min read

December 15, 2022 13:05

The Jew who runs the zoo: Former UK ambassador to Israel on what it's like running London Zoo

‘Palestinians are to blame for rise of Israel’s far-right’ says Arab human rights campaigner

Bassem Eid criticises international community for supporting PA and ‘getting nothing in return’

3 min read

December 6, 2022 15:57

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Gift puts Jerusalem library on 'international Shakespeare map'

Priceless fragment of Shakespeare's First Folio, dating from 1623, is gifted to the National Library of Israel

3 min read

November 24, 2022 15:55

Gift puts Jerusalem library on 'international Shakespeare map'

New book on Einstein is result of one man's fascination with physicist

His leather jacket, the boat with a Yiddish name — the publication offers a fascinating insight into the Nobel Prize winner

6 min read

November 17, 2022 14:53

New book on Einstein is result of one man's fascination with physicist

Israeli hi-tech initiative SpacePharma is busy 'turning science fiction into science fact'

SpacePharma can control and monitor their space experiments with nothing more than a smartphone.

3 min read

November 17, 2022 13:57

Israeli hi-tech initiative SpacePharma is busy 'turning science fiction into science fact'

Israel’s Doctor Cannabis is on a mission to heal

Technion University-based David Meiri's research explores the vast therapeutic potential of various types of marijuana, and is particularly directed at its effect on cancer, inflammatory diseases and neural disorders

3 min read

November 14, 2022 09:56

Israel’s Doctor Cannabis is on a mission to heal

Ice-cream from worms? It’s delicious, say Israeli students

Food technologists at the Technion in Haifa developed the dessert while searching for cheap, protein-packed food for older people

1 min read

November 10, 2022 12:52

Ice-cream from worms? It’s delicious, say Israeli students

New play exposes terrifying limbo of gay Arabs seeking Israeli refuge

After horrific beheading of 25-year-old in Hebron this month, Israeli playwright Tomer Aldubi wants to shine light on the tragic plight of these young men

3 min read

October 27, 2022 12:51

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 3: (ISRAEL OUT) Israeli homosexuals kiss during a party at a gay bar November 3, 2006 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem have been rioting in protest against a gay pride parade due to be held in the city November 10. Growing concern among city leaders over the potential for violence is high and officials are hinting that the event may not go ahead. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Authentically rich: Meet an artist who’s not scared to admit to her good fortune

Being one of 'the one per cent, of extreme privilege', is the focus of Danielle Durchslag’s playful, creative and inventive art

5 min read

October 14, 2022 14:11

Authentically rich: Meet an artist who’s not scared to admit to her good fortune

No secrets, no shanda - the feminist pioneer who’s not scared to uncover family scandals

Letty Cottin Pogrebin, the founder of America’s flagship feminist Ms magazine, has written a wonderfully uncompromising book

7 min read

October 7, 2022 13:26

No secrets, no shanda - the feminist pioneer who’s not scared to uncover family scandals

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