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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Culture On The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ a minyan of notable Jews
55 years ago, the band’s seminal album appeared, and Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan and Albert Einstein were among those on the cover
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Culture For Bob Dylan’s 82nd birthday, his 10 most Jewish songs
There's more to the Nobel laureate's Jewish oeuvre than his take on 'Hava Nagilah'
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Music The secret Jewish history of The Who
In honor of guitarist Pete Townshend's 77th birthday, we return to investigate the band's surprising Jewish resonances.
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Music As the new Bob Dylan Center opens in Tulsa, a new pop culture mecca is born
Patti Smith, Mavis Staples and Elvis Costello were in town for the celebration; Dylan himself chose to skip it
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Music Why are Bob Dylan’s archives in Tulsa?
The reasons the Bard chose Oklahoma as the home for his collection may have more to do with politics than money
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Culture On Al Pacino’s 82nd birthday, his secret Jewish history
Is Al Pacino one of the great Jewish actors of our time? Hear me out. While best known for portraying characters of Italian and Latino descent – think Michael Corleone of “The Godfather” films, Carlito Brigante of “Carlito’s Way,” and Tony Montana of “Scarface,” Pacino has an arm’s-length resumé of portraying Jews in film and…
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Culture Two hundred artworks later, has Bob Dylan finally painted his masterpiece?
Does Bob Dylan write his songs in black and white or in color? This is just one question of many that occur to a viewer after spending a few hours with the 200-odd visual artworks that comprise “Bob Dylan Retrospectrum,” on exhibit through April 17 at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum on the…
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Culture A Yiddish performance so versatile, it spans from ‘Mauthausen’ to Elvis Presley
With her latest project, “The Ballad of Mauthausen,” Dutch Yiddish singer Niki Jacobs has pulled off the seemingly impossible: She has recast the song cycle of the same name by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis and poet Iakovos Kambanellis as an avant-garde Yiddish cantata that remains true to the spirit of the original while extracting new…
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