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).
Seth Rogovoy
By Seth Rogovoy
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Fifty years ago, Bette Midler, Kiss, Steely Dan and the Simons (both Carly and Paul) stormed the pop charts
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At first glance, you won't find much Jewish about the holiday — but look a little closer
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UFOs are back in the news.
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1997's 'Time Out of Mind,' with its nods to Solomon and Samson gets a redo courtesy of Columbia Records
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The singer and philanthropist boasts an impressive command of the Jewish Bible.
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When she was 19, the singer-songwriter made her debut at that most Jewish of institutions — the 92nd Street Y
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On Rolling Stone's latest list of 200, a minyan of Jewish vocalists
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