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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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Short dispatches from the world of Jewish rock & roll, circa 2005.
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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
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Post-holiday rock
by Izzy Grinspan Jewsrock is proud to announce its first article by an ordained rabbi: Any Major Dude, an exegesis of the
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What Grammy Hall would call "a real Jew"
by Izzy Grinspan Annie Hall presents a serious conflict for the Jewish girl. On the one hand, it’s nearly impossible to
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How many Kol Nidres must one man hear before you can call him a Jewish folksinger?
by Izzy Grinspan Those who caught last night’s installment of No Direction Home, PBS’s documentary about Bob Dylan, will note
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Max, replaced?
by Izzy Grinspan Around here, we tend to be more excited about Max Weinberg than Paul Shaffer. This has nothing to do
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Politics and prose
by Izzy Grinspan There was a mysterious e-mail in my inbox today: Chopped Herring Records promising an exclusive track featuring a
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Pop-kabbalah roundup
by Izzy Grinspan From Michael Musto: "Insiders say Madonna's horse is anti-Semitic." Finally! We'd been