Seth Rogovoy, a contributing editor at the Forward, is the author of Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet (Scribner) and Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison (Oxford University Press).
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By Seth Rogovoy
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Culture How Jewishness inspired Sinead O’Connor
The singer, who died at the age of 56, revered Barbra Streisand and had a 'Jewish period'
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Music Why mean-spirited songwriter Jason Aldean should take a lesson from Paul Simon and Bob Dylan
Aldean isn't the first to sing the praises of small towns, just one of the most xenophobic
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Film & TV The secret Jewish history of ‘American Graffiti’
The classic 1973 film presents a whitewashed vision of America; its soundtrack was anything but
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Culture Pay no attention to that big cross he’s wearing — Tom Jones really does have a secret Jewish history
The Welsh singer has covered songs by Bob Dylan and has sung about Samson and Delilah
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Culture The secret Jewish history of the Indianapolis 500
Alon Day, Peter Revson and Carl Fisher are names that should be known alongside Mario Andretti and A.J. Fo\yt
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Music Did an obscure Bob Dylan song by way of Woody Guthrie predict the 2023 battle for women’s rights?
A recent story out of Danville, Illinois makes 1984's 'New Danville Girl' — co-written by Sam Shepard — seem eerily prescient
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Music The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame just got a little more Jewish (and a little less rock ‘n’ roll)
Al Kooper and Rage Against the Machine are among this year's inductees
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Music Could Bob Dylan be auditioning a new album concept in Japan?
Theories abound as to why the 81-year-old artist has started covering Grateful Dead tunes
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