The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame just got a little more Jewish (and a little less rock ‘n’ roll)
Al Kooper and Rage Against the Machine are among this year's inductees
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Breaking News A League of Their Own: A Jewish Baseball Museum, at Last
(JTA) — When Jews visit the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, they can learn about the two most celebrated members of the tribe who have been inducted into the hallowed museum: Hank “The Hebrew Hammer” Greenberg and Sandy Koufax. Now they’ll have the chance to find out about the dozens of other…
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The Schmooze Read Patti Smith’s Emotional Tribute to Lou Reed
If you ever need someone to move an entire room — including herself — to tears, just give Patti Smith a call. The rocker gave a moving tribute to her friend, the late great Lou Reed, during his posthumous induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this weekend. Smith had previously eulogized the…
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News Shalom, Cooperstown! Jewish Mayor Welcomes World to Baseball Hall of Fame
(JTA) — For Jeff Idelson, the director of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., induction weekend is all about teamwork. “When you get to signature events [and] you’re in a small community, all the pieces have to come together effectively for it to be a grand slam,” Idelson said recently…
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News Marvin Miller, Led Baseball Players to Free Agency
The baseball establishment has five times rejected Marvin Miller, who freed players from indentured servitude, from its Hall of Fame. In a 2008 interview, he said, “After I’m dead, they can induct me and put an asterisk on my plaque, with a footnote: ‘But let’s not forget he was Jewish.’” It is still questionable whether…
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