Music: Israeli & Jewish Music
On Paul Simon’s 80th birthday, his 7 most Jewish songs
Unlike his tribesmen Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, Simon is rarely thought of as a Jewish songwriter,
How Arnold Schoenberg changed my life (and might even change yours too)
With his 12-tone system and his work with the Second Viennese School, the Jewish-turned-Lutheran-turned Jewish composer changed the corse or music.
Why a 17-year-old Israeli virtuoso is already winning comparisons to the greatest pianists of all time
When he was five, Yoav Levanon won the National Piano Competition in Israel; at seven, he debuted with the Israel Chamber Orchestra.
The secret Jewish history of ABBA (holographic edition)
For the first time in 40 years, Swedish superstars ABBA are reuniting. To honor this development, we examine their secret Jewish history.
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The new Edith’s redefines Jewish food with bacon and bagel sandwiches, sabich and shmaltzy pot pie
Edith’s serves bacon, Sephardic food and wood fired bagels in Brooklyn, paying homage to Jewish cuisine
From ‘Star Wars’ to Madonna: 9 times shofars showed up outside shul
The shofar is not a very versatile instrument. Still, it has popped up in some interesting places over the course of its history.
That time my dad, Leonard Bernstein, introduced us to The Beatles
The door opened and there they were: John, Paul, and George. But no Ringo. Why?
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.