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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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Culture Israeli soldiers are singing it in Gaza, and American Jews in shul: A Jewish song takes flight in crisis
How 'Acheinu' became a post-Oct. 7 rallying cry
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Culture ‘I vow to be more mindful going forward:’ UK rap star Skepta apologizes for artwork seen as referencing Holocaust
The now-deleted tease for his new single, ‘Gas Me Up,' featured the song’s title tattooed on one of several pale shaved heads.
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Fast Forward Rock star Alanis Morissette uncovers her family’s Holocaust history on PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots’
The seven-time Grammy winner “found out that I was Jewish in my late 20s”
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Culture French crooner Charles Aznavour loved Jews. A new museum in Armenia will tell that story.
Delayed by war in Nagorno-Karabakh and other obstacles, the Aznavour museum will document how his family saved Jews in Paris during WWII
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Fast Forward Kanye West’s album with antisemitic lyric and long list of famous collaborators on track to debut Friday
The album seems headed for a large audience on most major streaming platforms, despite his months in the spotlight over antisemitic comments
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Music How a Brooklyn-born Beatles fan named Elliot Steinberg became a rock ’n’ roll legend
In the 1970s, Elliot Easton joined a band called The Cars — and the rest is history
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