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Funny, He Didn’t Look Jewish
The story behind the conversion of Sammy Davis Jr. more
And the Dreidel Will Rock
David Lee Roth joined Van Halen to meet chicks, raise hell and earn a fortune. Oh, and to slay anti-Semitic stereotypes. Seriously. A backstage visit with a Jewish action figure. more
Subterranean Homeland Blues
Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, and Jewish rage. more
Don’t Fear the Rockdots
How Blue Öyster Cult bestowed the umlaut on rock and roll. more
The Yeshiva of Indie Rock
From Leonard Cohen to Seth Cohen, a short history of Jewish hipsters. more
Super Session Man
Al Kooper is the Kevin Bacon of rock and roll. more
Raising Hell
Punk’s half-Jewish forefather understood the power of alienation. more
Riffed Off
Led Zeppelin didn’t write those famous opening notes to "Stairway to Heaven." That honor belongs to a virtuoso guitarist named Randy California, and his mom would like you to know it. more
Heavy Shtetl
How I learned to rock the Kabbalah. more
Unfortunate Son
John Fogerty might be the only man in rock ever sued for plagiarizing himself. Meet Saul Zaentz, the man who sued him. more
Talmud
The Passing Stone Interview more
That Land Is Your Land
When Woody Guthrie’s wife decided to give her sons a Jewish education, the family hired a fiery young rabbi named Meir Kahane. more
Any Major Dude
A Steely Dan d’var torah more
Rocking the Catskills
Beck may be a Scientologist, but he’s still Jewish at heart. more
Naked City
Finding radical Jewish culture in downtown New York. more
The Godfather of Everything That Moves
Mel Cheren invented clubland as we know it. more
Have Yourself a Jewish Little Christmas
A round-up of Jewish crooners’ holiday offerings, from the schmaltzy to the sublime. more
The Spirit of Rand
Nobody influenced Rush more than the author of Atlas Shrugged.
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