Born Sylvain Mizrahi to a Jewish family in Cairo, Sylvain could have had a successful career in fashion, but he felt the lure of rock ‘n’ roll
Phil Spector’s “A Christmas Gift for You” is the best Jewish Christmas album all time. But let’s not forget Herb Alpert’s “Christmas Album” either.
After three straight studio records where he’d sounded distracted or disinterested, he emerged from the fog with a renewed sense of focus and purpose.
Geddy Lee had been born Gary Lee Weinrib to Polish Jewish parents who’d survived imprisonment at Auschwitz, Dachau and Bergen-Belsen.
Streisand turns 78 on April 24. In her honor, here are 10 songs you may not have heard in a while — if ever.
Yes, you read that right — Neil Diamond in blackface.
Yes, you read that right — Neil Diamond in blackface.
In one scene, a shabbily-dressed Dylan is mistaken for a homeless man during a Yom Kippur service at the Chabad House in Santa Monica.
I remember my feeling of mounting envy and frustration as I watched at least a dozen foul balls sail off the players’ bats and into the upper deck.
Ancient wine vessels and modern guitars are both implements of Dionysian revelry, even if they’re separated by over 2,000 years of history.