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by Izzy Grinspan A old anti-Semitic stereotype suggests that Jews maintain their stranglehold on the world by only helping out fellow
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The Yeshiva of Indie Rock
By Doree Shafrir Adam Brody as Seth Cohen, the quintessential Jewish indie rocker At an indie rock show I was at a
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Kinkier and Kinkier
by Izzy Grinspan You've probably seen it by now, but the entire text of Dan Halpern's article on
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The neighborhood, it is a-changin'
by Izzy Grinspan In light of what's going on in Gaza, it seems almost disrespectful to talk about the real
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The Kinkster campaigns for lepers, cats
by Kara Baskin Kinky Friedman is now $45, 612 richer thanks to a lucrative gambling outing in the Big Easy over the
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The Situationist
By Craig Bromberg Malcolm McLaren, Jewish? What were you expecting, bubeleh—a Scotsman in a kilt? Can you imagine the fury of
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Back to the future: Why does Jewish grunge exist?
by Izzy Grinspan “Jewish music goes grunge,” the Forward announced last week, introducing readers to the religious band Heedoosh. Listing the band’
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Cute as a kreplach
by Izzy Grinspan Via Gawker, via Proceed at Your Own Risk, via the Forward: gay Jewish rapper Andrew Singer, aka Soce the
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The Jewish case for gentile rock & roll
by Spencer Ackerman On balance, you need to conclude that the late-19th century intellectual architects of Zionism were vindicated. It'
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The Holy Trinity of Brooklyn Rock
By Jonathan Karp Barry Manilow. Photo courtesy Carol Marshall. In 1982, as a college freshman, I took the socially precarious risk of
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Anti-Semitism claims the Rolling Stones
by Spencer Ackerman By now, you've surely read about the anti-Bush jeremiad on the Rolling Stones' forthcoming album
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Thank G-d for Nasser
by Spencer Ackerman In the mid-50s, a modern-day Amalek seized power in Egypt. Merging a fierce critique of European colonialism