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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 ...

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