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Tag: Rock And Roll

0 Culture Music

Everything Jewish you need to know for the week of 5/18/2025

Chabad.org · 18 May

This week's podcast episode dives into a fascinating array of Jewish cultural topics including Talmudic DJs, exploring the integration of traditional Jewish teachings with modern music trends, and the significance of lost objects in Jewish thought and law.

0 Music Culture

How a Jewish kid from the Bronx shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen, married Faye Dunaway and became the Zelig of rock 'n' roll

Jim Sullivan in Forward · 7 Mar

Peter Wolf, the former J. Geils Band lead singer, has penned a memoir titled "Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses."

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This Rosh Hashanah Parody Is So Rock and Roll

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 13 Sep 2023

Jewish a cappella group Six13 has released a Rosh Hashanah parody of Chicago's song "25 or 6 to 4."

0 Art History

Searching for Leonard Cohen

Frances Brent in Tablet · 11 Dec 2019

While visiting Vilnius, the author stumbles upon a life-size statue of Leonard Cohen in a courtyard, part of a series of public sculptures by Lithuanian artist Romualdas Kvintas.

0 Music Antisemitism

Billy Joel Wears Yellow Star Of David At Madison Square Garden Concert

Forward · 22 Aug 2017

In a bold and somber gesture, musician Billy Joel donned the yellow Star of David during his Madison Square Garden concert, marking a rare political statement for him and showing solidarity against rising neo-Nazi and white supremacist sentiments.

0 Music History

Their Magic Moment

Wesley Yang in Tablet · 2 Jul 2009

Rock and roll, with its roots entrenched in vernacular art and the culture of America's marginalized people, emerged as a powerful force in the early 1950s, challenging societal norms and influencing the youth across social and racial divides.