Essays
Dropping the Baum: The Real Names of Jewish Rockers
By Franklin Foer The history of punk could be told (counterfactually) as a Zionist parable. In the mid-70s, a band out
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The Spirit of Rand
By Bob Cook If you were to ask anyone, "Family Feud"-style, what they associate with the Canadian power trio
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The Godfather of Everything That Moves
By Ethan Brown James Brown is the Godfather of Soul, George Clinton the Godfather of Funk, but Mel Cheren is the Godfather
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Rocking the Catskills
By Anya Kamenetz Baruch Atah Adonei Elohenu Melech Ha Olom Ah yeah, that's the holiday . . . that's the Hanukkah
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Naked City
By Ari Abramowitz Photo courtesy Michael Dorf New York was a dump. Hell, that’s why I wanted to go there. Mind
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Have Yourself a Jewish Little Christmas
By Sean Daly Jewish and "Jingle Bells" don’t mix. Every time a pop star with Judeo-Christian claims has
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Parents purchase pop stars for daughter's sweet 13
by Izzy Grinspan The New York Times Style section continues its Bar Mitzvah coverage with a long story about superstars who shamefacedly
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The Jewish godfather of outsider art
by Izzy Grinspan “Outsider art” is a strange expression; ever since the idea of bohemianism came into being, artists have been outsiders
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Tell your friend Veronica
by Izzy Grinspan There's a good reason Hannukah music isn't nearly as good as Chrismas music: it'
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Bad for the Jews: Update
by Izzy Grinspan After years of legal battles, John Fogerty has returned to the label that once sued him for plagiarizing himself.
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World's Greatest Jewish EMT returns to the airwaves
by Izzy Grinspan In less than two months, David Lee Roth will replace Howard Stern on radios along the East Coast. The
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Shame! Embarrassment! Big Hair! Headgear!
by Kara Baskin Behold: My Big Fat 80's Bar Mitzvah, coming soon to a bookstore near you. Teen angst as