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Essay Woody Guthrie’s Hanukkah Songs Rabbi Joshua Eli Plaut, PhD is the author of A Kosher Christmas: ’Tis the Season to Be Jewish (Rutgers University Press). Visit his web site and seasonal blog at… Rabbi Joshua Eli Plaut December 15, 2014
Essay Bring on the Noise Earlier this week, Tamar Barzel wrote about defining radical Jewish music beyond klezmer. Her first book, New York Noise: Radical Jewish Music and the Downtown Scene… Tamar Barzel December 4, 2014
Essay A Jewish Music Koan: What is the Sound of a Klezmer Band Not Playing? Tamar Barzel’s first book, New York Noise: Radical Jewish Music and the Downtown Scene (Indiana University Press, 2014, with a companion website with… Tamar Barzel December 2, 2014
Children’s Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History Lesa Cline-Ransome; James Ransome, illus.
Essay The Comings and Goings of Songs in “Fiddler on the Roof” Earlier this week Barbara Isenberg wrote about reminiscing with Bel Kaufman about Sholem Aleichem. She is the author of Tradition!, is an award winning journalist… Barbara Isenberg September 4, 2014
Nonfiction The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man’s Survival in Warsaw, 1939 – 1945 Wladyslaw Szpilman
Nonfiction Tainted Glory in Handel’s Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World’s Most Beloved Choral Work Michael Marissen
Nonfiction Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations With the Great Women of Musical Theater Eddie Shapiro
Essay Rock and Roll, Religion, and Leonard Cohen Earlier this week, Liel Leibovitz wrote about how Leonard Cohen became his personal savior. His newest book, A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption and the Life… Liel Leibovitz May 20, 2014
Nonfiction Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust — Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour James A. Grymes
Nonfiction A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption and the Life of Leonard Cohen Liel Leibovitz
