Hold the Schmaltz https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/02/hold-the-schmaltz/

February 26, 2014 | John Podhoretz
About the author: John Podhoretz is the editor of Commentary.

In a revelatory and defiant performance, the pianist Evgeny Kissin has evoked, through music and Yiddish verse, the modern ordeal of the Jewish people. 

Read more on Commentary: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/02/25/overwhelmed-and-awed-at-the-kennedy-center/