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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Music On Paul Simon’s birthday, his 7 most Jewish songs
Although Simon is rarely thought of as a Jewish songwriter, a theological current runs through some of his work.
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A streak of religious rebelliousness, struggle and redemption runs through his songs, making them sound a little, well, Jewish
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Music Meet the musicians turning old Yiddish poems into 21st-century songs
Two new albums reimagine a centuries-old tradition of adapting poetry to music
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The band's leader Ian Anderson has demonstrated a deep appreciation for Christianity's Jewish roots
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Culture The secret Jewish history of Olivia Newton-John
In 1933, her grandfather fled from Germany to escape Hitler
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The artist once said that her song 'Both Sides Now' was inspired by a passage from a Saul Bellow novel
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The Liverpool-born drummer had a Jewish stepfather who was a big Dinah Shore fan
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Culture The secret Jewish history of Meryl Streep
In a pair of classic films, the great American actor played a 'righteous Gentile'
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