Jake Romm
By Jake Romm
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Culture New Series Forthcoming From Matthew Weiner, Creator of ‘Mad Men’
In yet another win for online entertainment, Matthew Weiner, the Jewish creator of “Mad Men,” has confirmed that he will be creating a new show for Amazon and the Weinstein Company. Since the end of Mad Men’s seven season run (or eight, depending on how you parse it), Weiner has kept busy with a number…
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Culture How a Jewish Photographer Named Herman Leonard Redefined Jazz
Few people did more to establish jazz’s visual aesthetic than the American Jewish photographer Herman Leonard, who passed away in 2010. Leonard began photographing jazz musicians in the 1940s, often offering club owners and musicians free prints in exchange for access to rehearsal studios. His photographs appeared sporadically in issues of DownBeat and Metronome magazines,…
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Culture These Were 10 of the Greatest Artists on Jewish-Owned Chess Records Label
Chess Records, established in Chicago in 1950, was one of American music’s major institutions, helping to establish the hot, electric Chicago Blues sound and pioneer a new type of music known as Rock n’ Roll. Phil and Leonard Chess, brothers and co-founders of the label, were immigrants from a Jewish community in Częstochowa, Poland. After…
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