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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

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Barry Mann, left, and Cynthia Weil arrive at the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Sunday, February 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
June 3, 2023, 8:46 am
Cynthia Weil, Grammy winning lyricist, dead at 82
Songwriter, who had a decades-long writing partnership with husband Barry Mann, best known for penning ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling’
By Hillel Italie
Bob Dylan performs at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, February 26, 2002. (Hector Mata/AFP)
October 13, 2022, 9:45 pm
Glimpse of upcoming Bob Dylan book hints at artist’s riffs on songwriting
81-year-old singer and songwriter’s new essay collection, ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ is set for publication next month
By AFP
US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden watch a military pass in review ceremony on the East Front of the Capitol at the conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies, in Washington, January 20, 2021. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 29, 2021, 5:05 am
Librettist Gene Scheer is awed Biden cited his ‘American Anthem’ at inauguration
The songwriter speaks about the shocking moment he realized the president was quoting his work, and what it means to him as a Jewish American
By Ron Kampeas
Peter Curtis is a music professor at Riverside City College in Southern California. (Courtesy of Curtis/via JTA)
December 25, 2019, 6:42 am
‘Christmas With Your Jewish Boyfriend’: A jazz album of holiday songs by Jews
After guitarist Peter Curtis prepared a medley of the popular tunes written by his coreligionists for a holiday concert, his interest was piqued, culminating in his new collection
By Gabe Friedman
'Be Careful, It's My Heart,' is the song Irving Berlin sings during an interview in Berlin's New York office, July 16, 1942. (AP Photo/Murray Becker)
December 24, 2019, 12:51 pm
How Jewish-American immigrant Irving Berlin started a Christmas revolution
‘Irving Berlin: New York Genius’ tells how the songwriting legend, born Israel Beilin in czarist Russia, started on the streets before penning the hit ‘White Christmas’
By Rich Tenorio
Stephen Hazan Arnoff
December 7, 2016, 3:47 pm
Stephen Hazan Arnoff
The still, small voice of Leonard Cohen
The prescience of the singer-songwriter’s 1992 lyrics describing the engine of survival, in the week of his shloshim
Leonard Cohen performing at a concert in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sept. 24, 2009. (Marko/Flash90)
November 17, 2016, 2:07 pm
Leonard Cohen died in sleep after falling
‘Death was sudden, unexpected and peaceful,’ manager says
By AP
Illustrative: In this February 13, 2011, file photo, Bob Dylan, center, performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
October 16, 2016, 5:33 am
Leonard Cohen: Dylan Nobel like ‘medal for Everest’
Fellow Jewish singer-songwriter, along with famed Beat poets publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, laud the ‘artistry’ of Dylan’s work
By ToI Staff and AP
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