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Culture Rock bands love provocative names. Is ‘The Jews’ a step too far?
HaYehudim, an Israeli rock band, recently had a performance canceled due to their name
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Culture This rocker (almost) named Eric Kaminkowitz had a thing for edible berries and inspired Bruce Springsteen and ‘Dirty Dancing’
With and without Raspberries, Eric Carmen, who died at age 74, was a power-pop pioneer
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News Jenni Asher is set to become first ordained Black woman cantor
Asher will be one of only two Black cantors in the country
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Film & TV In the music of Bob Marley, a deep connection to Judaism
Marley, whose biopic debuts this week, long claimed Jewish ancestry
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Music Was Taylor Swift supposed to say ‘Free Palestine’ at the Grammys?
Annie Lennox did, and people are mad that the influential pop star has been silent
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Fast Forward Montana Tucker wears yellow-ribbon dress, Recording Academy CEO pays tribute to Nova victims at 2024 Grammys
The Scottish singer Annie Lennox also called for a ceasefire during her Sinead O’Connor tribute performance
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Fast Forward Annie Lennox calls for a cease-fire in Gaza during Grammys performance
The Scottish singer was previously married to an Israeli film producer
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Culture How Arnold Schoenberg leapt into the future and created a new musical form
Known for being a cerebral theorist, the composer gave voice to human heartbreak
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Fast Forward USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website
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Opinion The head of the largest Christian Zionist organization is no friend to Israel — he wants an apocalypse there
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Yiddish אַ נײַע איניציאַטיוו צו פֿאַרשפּרייטן ייִדישע פּסח־לידער געשאַפֿענע אין מעלבורן A new initiative to share Yiddish Passover songs composed in Melbourne
דער קאָמפּאָזיטאָר, ברוך קאַלושינער, האָט אָנגעפֿירט מיט ייִדיש־כאָרן און געלערנט מוזיק אין די ייִדישע שולן
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News Why did this Mormon drive 10 hours to buy whiskey? To help out a Jewish friend for Passover
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News 100+ arrested in day of unrest and mass protest at Columbia U over Gaza and Israel
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