The secret Jewish history of John Lennon
The legendary Beatle once observed that show business was 'an extension of the Jewish religion'
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Culture Arthur Janov, The Jewish Creator Of Primal Scream Therapy
Arthur Janov, who died on Sunday October 1 aged 93, was the creator of the now largely-ignored psychotherapeutic system, Primal Scream Therapy. A dramatic psychic system, it captured the imagination of John Lennon in the 1970s and Tears for Fears in the 1980s. Though many psychotherapists disputed the efficacy of PST, an article in Vice…
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The Schmooze LISTEN: Sean Lennon Sings Carrie Fisher’s Last Song
This weekend, Sean Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released a stunning recording of a song he co-wrote with Carrie Fisher. The tune, sung by 16-year-old Willow Smith, was penned during one of Lennon and Fisher’s late night hang out sessions. “Carrie and I wrote this song years ago,” Lennon wrote on his…
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News Photographer Henry Grossman’s Unique Eye on the Beatles
Henry Grossman wasn’t a fan of the Beatles when he first started photographing them in 1964, but he would become intimately familiar with the group, snapping thousands of photographs of the Fab Four over the next five years. More than 1,000 of these photos have been collected in his new limited edition book, “Places I…
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Culture John Lennon and the Jews
John Lennon & the Jews: A Philosophical Rampage By Ze’ev Maghen CreateSpace, 296 pages, $12.50 As a rule, I wouldn’t agree to review a book with “John Lennon” in its title. I also wouldn’t review a self-published book. (Although publishing one’s own work is no crime, it does tend to indicate that no one else…
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The Schmooze The Yeshiva University Professor Who Secured U.S. Residency for John Lennon
All you need is love, but sometimes a good immigration lawyer is also helpful. That’s what the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is reminding people today, the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. Like countless Jews before him, the former Beatle faced resistance to his efforts to gain U.S. residency — though in his case the…
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The Schmooze 30 Years Later, Jews Celebrate John Lennon on Hanukkah
“You came to me one summer night and from your beam you made my dream,” sang the Beatles on their 1964 cover of “Mr. Moonlight.” Yes, the entire song was penned as a love letter. But that doesn’t mean those particular words can’t be applied during Hanukkah, when we celebrate and remember the miracle that…
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