Your Jewish guide to the Grammy nominations
Haim, Drake, Doja Cat and Jack Antonoff are among this year’s nominees.
How Leonard Cohen’s messianic childhood prepared him for a sort of priesthood
“Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories,” by Michael Posner tells of the poet and pop star’s belief that he was born into a spiritual caste.
The secret Jewish history of Elvis Costello
Though he describes himself as a lapsed Catholic, Costello has speculated that he might have Jewish roots.
Remembering Sean Connery with the secret Jewish history of James Bond
In honor of Sean Connery’s 90th birthday, we present the Jewish history of the character he immortalized.
On his new album, Bruce Springsteen plays the rock ‘n’ roll rebbe
“Letter to You” pays tribute to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen while also serving as a sort of mourner’s Kaddish.
Trump should know better than to mess with Lesley Stahl
The “60 Minutes” host who ran afoul of the president was born to a Massachusetts Jewish family in 1941.
How ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ changed Mariah Carey’s life
In her memoir “The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” the artist expresses her love for the character of Hodel and her weakness for H & H Bagels.
Lenny Kravitz pays loving tribute to his Jewish grandparents — and their kasha varnishkes
Grammy-winner Kravitz, author of the new memoir “Let Love Rule,” is the grandson of Joe and Jean Kravitz of Sheepshead Bay.
In her greatest hit, Stevie Nicks spun a Kabbalistic tale
Stevie Nicks has said “Rhiannon” is about a Welsh witch, but the story has many affinities with the Kabbalistic entity called the Shekhinah.
On his 80th birthday, remembering the time John Lennon sang ‘Hava Nagilah’
Had he not been gunned down in December 1980 by a deranged “fan” lying in wait for him outside of his Upper West Side residence in Manhattan, John Lennon may well have been observing his 80th birthday on Friday, October 9. The ostensible founder and leader of the Beatles, the most beloved critically and commercially successful band of the rock era, Lennon left behind a complicated legacy befitting his complicated, mercurial and at times tormented personality.