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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 591

Art Garfunkel

File: Grammy Award-winning American singer Art Garfunkel performs on stage at the Bloomfield Stadium in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, on June 10, 2015. (Gil Cohen Magen/AFP)
May 16, 2025, 10:33 am
Art Garfunkel to join Aviv Geffen on stage in Israel at end of month
Legendary singer of Simon & Garfunkel to perform four songs at annual ‘Rock Prom’ in Tel Aviv, making him first major international artist to perform in country since start of war
By ToI Staff
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. (Wikimedia commons)
November 13, 2024, 1:34 pm
‘I was a fool’: Art Garfunkel says he made amends with Paul Simon
Folk-rock singer says he sat down for lunch with former partner in tearful reunion after years of feuding, wanted to reconcile ‘before it’s too late’
By ToI Staff
Sanford Greenberg in Washington, DC, September 25, 2017. (Courtesy)
July 7, 2023, 2:25 am
Inventor, blindness activist and former roommate of Art Garfunkel honored at Harvard
The musician inspired Sanford Greenberg to push on with his studies at Columbia after losing his sight. In turn, he helped inspire the classic anthem, ‘The Sound of Silence’
By Rich Tenorio
Art Garfunkel and Sandy Greenberg in the 1970s. (Courtesy of Greenberg/ via JTA)
August 8, 2020, 5:06 am
‘Hello Darkness…’: A blind man’s lifelong friendship with Art Garfunkel
In new memoir, Sandy Greenberg tells how the future music icon read to him when he lost his sight, and the vow the duo took to always be there for each other
By David Rullo
In this file photo taken on November 17, 2016 US singer Paul Simon performs on stage at the Bilbao Exhibition Center in the Spanish Basque city of Barakaldo on November 17, 2016. (AFP/Ander Gillenea)
February 5, 2018, 7:35 pm
Paul Simon announces his upcoming tour will be his last
Veteran singer-songwriter says he’s retiring due to death of his friend and lead guitarist, desire to spend more time with family
By ToI Staff and AP
Lead singer David Draiman of the band Disturbed performs at the start of the tour for the 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival at Target Center on August 17, 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Adam Bettcher/Getty Images via JTA)
February 3, 2017, 10:40 am
Classic song takes metal singer back to yeshiva roots
Covering Simon & Garfunkel helps Grammy-nominated ‘Disturbed’ vocalist rediscover his cantor’s voice and classically trained style
By JTA
This file photo taken on September 11, 2011 shows singer Paul Simon as he performs “Sounds of Silence” during the 10th Anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the lower Manhattan site of the World Trade Center in New York. (Stan Honda/AFP)
June 29, 2016, 9:09 pm
Paul Simon, 74, ‘ready to give up music’
Iconic 12-time Grammy winner says it’s time ‘to see what happens if I let go. Then I’m going to see, who am I?’
By AFP
The Coloborhynchus spielbergi dinosaur is named after Steven Spielberg. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
June 7, 2016, 8:56 pm
13 insects and other organisms named after Jews
Arachnid named after Spiderman actor Andrew Garfield, a moth for Harry Houdini, and dinosaur for Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg
By Gabe Friedman
Zoe Kravitz attending the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. (Wikipedia/David Shankbone/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)
February 2, 2016, 3:36 am
The Jewish celebrity vote: Bernie or Hillary?
It’s no secret Jewish entertainers lean left, but in a primary that’s become closer than anyone expected, who’s winning over the who’s who?
By Gabe Friedman
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. greets a visitor after speaking at the Fort Museum Opera House in Fort Dodge, Iowa, January. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 26, 2016, 9:58 pm
Sanders channels Simon and Garfunkel in ‘America’ ad
Art Garfunkel says he will vote for Vermont senator in presidential race
By JTA
Art Garfunkel onstage at the Bloomfield Arena, June 10, 2015 (YouTube screenshot)
June 11, 2015, 6:21 am
Oh Paul, where Art thou?
In Tel Aviv, that voice feathery and glorious, a solo Art Garfunkel casts a mesmerizing spell. But even after all these years, he and we still miss his partner
By David Horovitz
Art Garfunkel talking about music, Israel and his Jewish upbringing, Tel Aviv, June 8, 2015 (Courtesy Eliran Avital)
June 8, 2015, 2:37 pm
Art Garfunkel muses on timeless melodies and his ‘gift from God,’ ahead of Tel Aviv gig
The 73-year-old balladeer talks about his tunes, thoughts, history and that voice, ahead of his first ever solo show in Israel on Wednesday
By Jessica Steinberg
Art Garfunkel, 2013 (Adam Schartoff/CC BY-2.0)
May 25, 2015, 11:41 pm
Garfunkel still thinks Simon is a ‘jerk’
One half of the famous folk-rock duo shows he hasn’t quite come to terms with their breakup over 40 years ago
By Stuart Winer
Art Garfunkel, 2013 (Adam Schartoff/CC BY-2.0)
April 1, 2015, 1:26 pm
Art Garfunkel in TLV, sans Simon
Veteran vocalist resumes his world tour after surgery to restore his voice
By Jessica Steinberg
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