The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/rodriguez/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:31:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Rodriguez | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/rodriguez/ 32 32 Sixto Rodriguez, musician who didn’t know he was ‘more popular than Elvis,’ dies at 81 https://www.timesofisrael.com/sixto-rodriguez-musician-who-didnt-know-he-was-more-popular-than-elvis-dies-at-81/ Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:07:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3068392 Detroit singer-songwriter, a flop in the US but (unbeknown to him) a huge star in South Africa, was 'discovered' and then immortalized in Oscar-winning 'Searching for Sugar Man'

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]]> Down the street from AIPAC, ‘Sugar Man’ Rodriguez plays a shul, muses over Trump https://www.timesofisrael.com/down-the-street-from-aipac-sugar-man-rodriguez-plays-a-shul-muses-over-trump/ Sun, 04 Mar 2018 12:51:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1802664 Seated in front of the Ten Commandments, wearing goggles and a white straw hat, a reborn protest singer has them swaying and clapping beneath the stained glass windows

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]]> ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ director dies at 36  https://www.timesofisrael.com/searching-for-sugar-man-director-dies-at-36/ Wed, 14 May 2014 01:18:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=979612 No foul play suspected in death of Malik Bendjelloul, who won 2013 Oscar for film on American singer Sixto Rodriguez

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]]> In the second coming of Rodriguez, a Passover parable https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-the-second-coming-of-rodriguez-a-passover-parable/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:19:25 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=434078 Stephen Segerman, the Cape Town record store owner who led the hunt for a lost singer-songwriter, tells ToI the story behind the Oscar-winning documentary 'Searching for Sugar Man'

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]]> No sugar for Israeli contenders at Oscars https://www.timesofisrael.com/disappointment-again-for-israels-oscar-nominees/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:44:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=388064 Pre-show favorite 'Searching for Sugar Man' takes home the prize for best documentary; 'Argo' wins Best Picture

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]]> ‘Gatekeepers’ director plays down Oscar hopes https://www.timesofisrael.com/gatekeepers-director-plays-down-oscar-hopes/ Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:55:23 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=387284 Israel's two best documentary nominees are ranked behind 'Searching for Sugar Man,' another film with plenty of Jewish connections, in the pre-award betting

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