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Funny, He Didn't Look Jewish
The story behind the conversion of Sammy Davis Jr. more
by Wil Haygood
Included within: Essays

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
by David Segal
Included within: Essays

Subterranean Homeland Blues
Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, and Jewish rage. more
by Jeffrey Goldberg
Included within: Essays

Don't Fear the Rockdots
How Blue Öyster Cult bestowed the umlaut on rock and roll. more
by Spencer Ackerman
Included within: Essays

The Yeshiva of Indie Rock
From Leonard Cohen to Seth Cohen, a short history of Jewish hipsters. more
by Doree Shafrir
Included within: Essays

Super Session Man
Al Kooper is the Kevin Bacon of rock and roll. more
by Bob Cook
Included within: Essays

Raising Hell
Punk's half-Jewish forefather understood the power of alienation. more
by Eli Attie
Included within: Essays

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
by Dave McKenna
Included within: Essays

Heavy Shtetl
How I learned to rock the Kabbalah. more
by Steve Almond
Included within: Essays

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
by Kara Baskin
Included within: Bad for the Jews

Talmud
The Passing Stone Interview more
by Ben Fong-Torahs (as transcribed by Mark Caro)
Included within: Essays

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
by Paul Farhi
Included within: Essays

Any Major Dude
A Steely Dan d'var torah more
by Rabbi Justin David
Included within: Essays

Rocking the Catskills
Beck may be a Scientologist, but he's still Jewish at heart. more
by Anya Kamenetz
Included within: Essays

Naked City
Finding radical Jewish culture in downtown New York. more
by Ari Abramowitz
Included within: Essays

The Godfather of Everything That Moves
Mel Cheren invented clubland as we know it. more
by Ethan Brown
Included within: Essays

Have Yourself a Jewish Little Christmas
A round-up of Jewish crooners' holiday offerings, from the schmaltzy to the sublime. more
by Sean Daly
Included within: Essays

The Spirit of Rand
Nobody influenced Rush more than the author of Atlas Shrugged.
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by Bob Cook
Included within: Essays