Leon Botstein (English Wikipedia)

Profile: Leon Botstein, Hadassah Magazine, "Botstein is a proud secular Jew not ambivalent or defensive about his identity. In I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl (Jewish Lights), he writes: "In Judaism, learning is prayer, for it celebrates the human capacity for language and thought." He waxes nostalgic for the days of "exceptional Jewry," arguing that "Jews have entered the indistinguishable middle class…. We are no longer the people of the book; we are a people of ordinary vulgarity. The real tragedy of American Jewry—and Israel—is that we've used privilege to become absolutely ordinary.""
Musleah, Rahel (May 2009). "Profile: Leon Botstein". www.hadassahmagazine.org. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

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Leon Botstein (June 1, 2013). "Resisting Complacency, Fear, and the Philistine: The University and its Challenges". The Hedgehog Review. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

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Abel, Olivia (July 6, 2011). "Interview with Leon Botstein: 35 Years (and Counting) as President of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY". Retrieved February 22, 2021.

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Redden, Elizabeth. "Open Society University Network Launched With $1 Billion Gift". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

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Liran Gurkiewicz (March 5, 2025). "Conductor Leon Botstein honors unsung composer Josef Tal".

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"Sarah Botstein". Ken Burns. Retrieved September 1, 2021.

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"BIOGRAPHY". LEON BOTSTEIN. Retrieved October 12, 2020.

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Botstein, Leon (August 12, 2016). "Why the Next President Should Forgive All Student Loans". Money.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2020.

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Botstein, Leon. "Can Music Speak Truth to Power?". musicalamerica.com.

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"NCTQ: About: Board of Directors: Clara Haskell Botstein". www.nctq.org. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

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Gregory, Alice (September 22, 2014). "The Duke of Bard". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
Goldberger, Paul (June 2, 2003). "Artistic License Two great new cultural centers open out of town". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 9, 2012.

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Adler, Margot (January 24, 2009). "Botstein Revives The East German Avant-Garde". NPR.

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DePalma, Anthony (October 4, 1992). "The Most Happy College President: Leon Botstein of Bard". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
Rozhon, Tracie (August 20, 1998). "From Gehry, A Bilbao on The Hudson". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
"'Guntram' Review: In Concert at Carnegie, Strauss's First Opera". The New York Times. June 8, 2025.
Eckert, Thor (March 12, 2006). "Professor Botstein in the Promised Land". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
Palestinian Campus Looks to East Bank (of Hudson), New York Times, February 14, 2009
Fischer, Karen (September 7, 2014). "A Missionary for Liberal Arts". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
Patel, Vimal (May 17, 2023). "Bard President Received $150,000 From Foundation Created by Jeffrey Epstein". The New York Times. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
Patel, Vimal (February 9, 2026). "New Email Shows Bard President Leon Botstein Thanked Epstein for Caribbean Trip". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
"Bard President Received $150,000 From Foundation Created by Jeffrey Epstein (Published 2023)". May 17, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
Patel, Vimal; Tracy, Marc (February 4, 2026). "Epstein Helped Woody Allen's Daughter Get Into College, Emails Show". The New York Times. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
Patel, Vimal (February 6, 2026). "Bard College President Leon Botstein Was Close With Jeffrey Epstein". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
Patel, Vimal (February 9, 2026). "New Email Shows Bard President Leon Botstein Thanked Epstein for Caribbean Trip". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
Davis, Peter (July 22, 2009). "Wagner's Anxiety of Influence". The New York Times.
Tommasini, Anthony (November 16, 2016). "A Symphony With Powerful Champions, but Often Overlooked". The New York Times.
Botstein, Leon (February 8, 2017). "American Universities Must Take a Stand". The New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
Leon Botstein (January 14, 2003). "The Merit Myth". The New York Times.
Leon Botstein (January 24, 2001). "We Waste Our Children's Time". The New York Times.
Leon Botstein (September 19, 2000). "What Local Control?". The New York Times.

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Cooper, Michael (February 16, 2015). "Bard SummerScape to Feature Work of the Composer Carlos Chávez". The New York Times.

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"George Soros Announces Global Initiative to Transform Higher Education". Opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
"Leon Botstein". Opensocietyfoundations.org. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

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"Princeton University Press Books in The Bard Music Festival". Press.princeton.edu. April 19, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.

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Sewanee: The University of the South. "Top Stories Homepage - Gowns awarded, honorary degrees conferred during Convocation - Sewanee: The University of the South". Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

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Baker, Zachary. "Leon Botstein". Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
"Leon Botstein". Stanford University Libraries. January 21, 2011.

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Briquelet, Kate (May 17, 2023). "Epstein Transferred Thousands of Dollars to Noam Chomsky, Leon Botstein: Report". The Daily Beast. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

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Botstein, Leon (December 13, 2016). "The Election Was About Racism Against Barack Obama". Time. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

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Shannon Thomason. "UAB - UAB News - UAB presents Leon Botstein, 2014 Ireland Distinguished Visiting Scholar, on March 13".

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Elliott, Susan. "Orchestrating a career: College president, conductor, and writer: for Leon Botstein, work is a three-part harmony". University of Chicago Magazine. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

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Botstein, Leon. "Hungary's xenophobic attack on Central European University is a threat to freedom everywhere". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
Ross, Janell. "Bard president draws parallels between European anti-Semitism and American racism to explain Trump's win". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.

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Scott Horton Interviews The Other Scott Horton Archived 2011-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, Antiwar Radio (Dec. 11, 2010)
"CEU | About CEU & Budapest". Archived from the original on May 5, 2008. Retrieved May 3, 2008. Bard College: About CEU and Budapest
Ng, David (January 8, 2015). "Los Angeles Philharmonic embarking on new El Sistema initiative". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
"Leon Botstein". Opensocietyfoundations.org. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
Sewanee: The University of the South. "Top Stories Homepage - Gowns awarded, honorary degrees conferred during Convocation - Sewanee: The University of the South". Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
Botstein, Leon (August 12, 2016). "Why the Next President Should Forgive All Student Loans". Money.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2020.
Leon Botstein (June 1, 2013). "Resisting Complacency, Fear, and the Philistine: The University and its Challenges". The Hedgehog Review. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

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Gregory, Alice (September 22, 2014). "The Duke of Bard". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
Music and its public : habits of listening and the crisis of musical modernism in Vienna, 1870-1914. OCLC 70419131.
Patel, Vimal (February 9, 2026). "New Email Shows Bard President Leon Botstein Thanked Epstein for Caribbean Trip". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
Patel, Vimal (February 6, 2026). "Bard College President Leon Botstein Was Close With Jeffrey Epstein". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
Patel, Vimal (February 9, 2026). "New Email Shows Bard President Leon Botstein Thanked Epstein for Caribbean Trip". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 11, 2026.

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Safdar, Khadeeja (May 17, 2023). "Jeffrey Epstein Moved $270,000 for Noam Chomsky and Paid $150,000 to Leon Botstein". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
Scherer, Barrymore (August 5, 2009). "Undeniable Influence". Wall Street Journal.
Leon Botstein (August 1, 2014). "Book Review: 'Mad Music' by Stephen Budiansky & 'Charles Ives in the Mirror' by David C. Paul". The Wall Street Journal.

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