{"id":3151,"date":"2008-06-03T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T19:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2008-06-03T11:22:47","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T19:22:47","slug":"jews-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3151","title":{"rendered":"Jews Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeffrey Goldberg co-founded JewsRock.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Jewsrock.org? What is Jewsrock.org?<\/span>
\nEverything you could possibly want to know about this farkakteh website right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nFunny, He Didn’t Look Jewish<\/span>
\nThe story behind the conversion of Sammy Davis Jr. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Wil Haygood<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n


\n
\nAnd the Dreidel Will Rock<\/span>
\nDavid 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<\/a><\/em>
\nby David Segal<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nSubterranean Homeland Blues<\/span>
\nBob Dylan, Lou Reed, and Jewish rage. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Jeffrey Goldberg<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nDon’t Fear the Rockdots<\/span>
\nHow Blue Öyster Cult bestowed the umlaut on rock and roll. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Spencer Ackerman<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nThe Yeshiva of Indie Rock<\/span>
\nFrom Leonard Cohen to Seth Cohen, a short history of Jewish hipsters. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Doree Shafrir<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nSuper Session Man<\/span>
\nAl Kooper is the Kevin Bacon of rock and roll. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Bob Cook<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nRaising Hell<\/span>
\nPunk’s half-Jewish forefather understood the power of alienation. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Eli Attie<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nRiffed Off<\/span>
\nLed 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<\/a><\/em>
\nby Dave McKenna<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nHeavy Shtetl<\/span>
\nHow I learned to rock the Kabbalah. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Steve Almond<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nUnfortunate Son<\/span>
\nJohn Fogerty might be the only man in rock ever sued for plagiarizing himself. Meet Saul Zaentz, the man who sued him. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Kara Baskin <\/span>
\nIncluded within: Bad for the Jews<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nTalmud<\/span>
\nThe Passing Stone<\/span> Interview more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Ben Fong-Torahs (as transcribed by Mark Caro)<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nThat Land Is Your Land<\/span>
\nWhen Woody Guthrie’s wife decided to give her sons a Jewish education, the family hired a fiery young rabbi named Meir Kahane. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Paul Farhi <\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nAny Major Dude<\/span>
\nA Steely Dan d’var torah more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Rabbi Justin David<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nRocking the Catskills<\/span>
\nBeck may be a Scientologist, but he’s still Jewish at heart. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Anya Kamenetz<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nNaked City<\/span>
\nFinding radical Jewish culture in downtown New York. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Ari Abramowitz<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nThe Godfather of Everything That Moves<\/span>
\nMel Cheren invented clubland as we know it. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Ethan Brown<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nHave Yourself a Jewish Little Christmas<\/span>
\nA round-up of Jewish crooners’ holiday offerings, from the schmaltzy to the sublime. more<\/a><\/em>
\nby Sean Daly<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span> <\/p>\n

\nThe Spirit of Rand<\/span>
\nNobody influenced Rush more than the author of Atlas Shrugged<\/span>.
\nmore<\/a><\/em>
\nby Bob Cook<\/span>
\nIncluded within: Essays<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeffrey Goldberg co-founded JewsRock.org: Jewsrock.org? What is Jewsrock.org? Everything you could possibly want to know about this farkakteh website right here. Funny, He Didn’t Look Jewish The story behind the conversion of Sammy Davis Jr. more by Wil Haygood Included … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[9293,9289,9292,9291,9290,9294],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jews","tag-al-kooper","tag-david-lee-roth","tag-eli-attie","tag-sammy-davis-jr","tag-saul-zaentz","tag-woody-guthrie"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t