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The Jewish Music Woodstock
How do you discover great Jewish music? I’m not talking about Barbra Streisand or Yossele Rosenblatt — or, no, not ...
Everyone Loves Bad Poetry
Who doesn’t love bad poetry? As part of their new issue on poetry, 614 Magazine posted a new interview with ...
You Sound Like You Are From New York
One of my favorite college classes was Introduction to Linguistics. A particular class stands out in my mind. Our professor ...
Esther: The Whole (Operatic) Megillah
This season, New York City Opera brought back on stage the late Hugo Weisgall’s Esther, a contemporary work based on ...
Jewish Life on Orchard Street
Maya Escobar, a Jewish Latina video director, performance artist, and creator of shomer negiah panties, has previously worked with young ...
Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album: The Music (Part 3)
Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, wrote yesterday about Bob Dylan’s Judaism. He is guest-blogging all week ...
The Only Jewish High School Football Team In America
Here is a somewhat shocking fact. There is only one Jewish high school in all of the United States that ...
Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album: The Jewish Contribution to the ‘Holiday’ Genre (Part 2)
Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, wrote yesterday about Bob Dylan’s Judaism. He is guest-blogging all week ...
Soulico, Arabic Flow, and a Bit of Torah
The key to hip-hop music–the music part, that is–is restraint. A sparseness of beats, the use of musical samples when ...
A Seriously Late Take On A Serious Man
I’ll admit it. I still haven’t seen A Serious Man. I mean, I should. I’m planning on it. But, let’s ...