The Secret Jewish history of Bruce Springsteen
A tribe held its breath when The New York Times called The Boss “Bruce Springstein.” He’s not Jewish, but the typo wasn’t as wrong as it seemed.
The secret Jewish history of Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs of all time
Drake, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Carole King, Lou Reed and Amy Winehouse all made the list. But are the 70 Jewish songs represented really the best?
The secret Jewish history of Foo Fighters
The band’s guitarist was born Georg Albert Ruthenberg, while Rami Jaffee has called himself a “Woody Allen-type American Jew.”
The secret Jewish history of ABBA (holographic edition)
For the first time in 40 years, Swedish superstars ABBA are reuniting. To honor this development, we examine their secret Jewish history.
The secret Jewish history of Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote the most famous monster story of all time, but was she just riffing on the tale of the Golem?
The secret Jewish history of Charlie Watts
Rolling Stones’ drummer Charlie Watts, who has died at the age of 80, found his style of dress and drumming through some Jewish mentors.
The secret Jewish history of Robert De Niro
De Niro has made a specialty of playing Jews nearly as often as he has Italians
A Jewish guide to watching HBO’s harrowing ‘Woodstock 99’
The ill-fated Woodstock ‘99 festival was planned in part by Brooklyn-born NYU dropout Michael Lang who masterminded the original 1969 festival.
The secret Jewish history of Liza Minnelli
Minnelli was named after a song by George and Ira Gershwin and played Anne Frank when she was in high school.
The secret Jewish history of Jethro Tull
The cover of ‘Aqualung,” the band’s most successful album, was painted by Brooklyn-born American-Jewish artist Burton Silverman.