Sly Stone was one of the funkiest performers on the planet — so why did he record this schmaltzy Doris Day tune?
'Que Sera Sera' by the Jewish songwriting duo Livingston and Evans was an anomaly in Sly Stone's catalog
Culture
-
Anyone who tells you that you shouldn’t meet your heroes never met Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule was a Queer Jewish icon, a born entertainer, my mentor and my friend
-
-
Why you’re hearing ‘Hatikvah’ everywhere — or are you?
A number of songs sound similar to 'Hatikvah' — including one in a new movie from China.
The Latest
-
Jill Sobule was as much a Jewish icon as a queer one
The late singer-songwriter’s music broached antisemitism, Nazi-fighting and Jesus’ dreidel-spinning
-
After decades of waiting, we’re finally getting a Bob Dylan-Barbra Streisand duet
The two legends will join in song for Babs’ new album of duets
-
Even the Holocaust could not silence the music of these composers
The recovered voices movement aims to preserve the work of persecuted artists like Viktor Ullmann and Mieczyslaw Weinberg
-
How Janis Ian’s Jewish heritage inspired some of her greatest hits
A new documentary on the singer's life shows the relationship between her faith, her activism, and her songwriting.
-
In 1964, when he was just 23, Bob Dylan wrote the prophetic anthem that encapsulates Trump’s America
Decrying a world characterized by materialism, violence and blind conformity, Dylan echoed the warnings of King Solomon
-
At a memorabilia auction, Bob Dylan reunites with another noteworthy Bob — and the unsung women behind their careers
Terri Thal and Paula Batson were pivotal figures in the lives of Bob Dylan and Bob Neuwirth
-
Books How a Jewish daughter’s search to find her parents became a book and a play and a movie
Writer and performer Zara Phillips, author of 'Somebody's Daughter,' has turned her question into art
-
Critics say Kendrick Lamar was too loud and hard to understand — they said the same thing about Bob Dylan in Newport
Lamar’s politically charged halftime show and Dylan’s 1965 Newport performance both upset precedent
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal?
- 2
Opinion Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go
- 3
News What a Mayor Mamdani would mean for New York Jews
- 4
Fast Forward Mamdani tells Colbert — and a national audience — why NYC Jews shouldn’t fear him as mayor
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Dr. Ruth taught me everything I know — because she was my mom
-
Fast Forward Pro-Israel Jewish Democrats say Zohran Mamdani’s Israel stances are cause for concern, but not panic
-
Fast Forward Report: Unilever cuts funding for Ben & Jerry’s foundation as it audits giving to progressive and pro-Palestinian causes
-
Yiddish World Venice’s international arts festival gets unexpected taste of Yiddish
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
