Music: Israeli & Jewish Music
On Emma Lazarus’ birthday, how the poet inspired Laurie Anderson
One of America’s greatest poets and one of our greatest avant-garde artists make for strange bedfellows.
The secret Jewish history of Judy Garland
Garland, who would have turned 99 this year, auditioned for MGM with the 1896 Yiddish song “Eli, Eli.”
How Jewish is Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah?’ A Forward investigation in 9 verses
With its layered contradictions, the song reveals Cohen’s work as a Jew to comprehend a holy, broken world.
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RIP to Jim Steinman, a wonderful, vampire-obsessed songwriter
Jim Steinman was the best kind of weird.
Danny Raskin, Jewish dining columnist who enjoyed an 8-decade career, dies at 102
The Detroit Jewish News restaurant reviewer was a regular presence in the paper from 1942 until his death.
Why Leonard Cohen’s final album features the cantor from his home synagogue
“I appeared on a Grammy Award-winning song sounding like a synagogue choir and me sounding like a cantor and not selling out to pop culture.”
Is Drake off to get some Jesus in his life?
In the “Scary Hours 2” EP, Drake says “I need me some Jesus in my life.” Should we be concerned?
How Herb Alpert made the most underrated Jewish Christmas album of all time
Phil Spector’s “A Christmas Gift for You” is the best Jewish Christmas album all time. But let’s not forget Herb Alpert’s “Christmas Album” either.
Oh, great, Benjamin Netanyahu performed a duet with an Israeli pop star
It like the vibe from those Lady Gaga-Tony Bennet albums, if Tony Bennet were an indicted world leader facing his fourth election in two years
How a search for Jewish inclusion helped create ‘Puppy for Hanukkah’
“Puppy for Hanukkah” was meant to convey the oft-overlooked diversity of the Jewish community.
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The Meteoric Rise Of The A Capella Hanukkah Video — How A Holiday Force Awakened
10 years ago, Hanukkah came and went without much to-do on YouTube. Then, latkes and dreidels went viral.