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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Elvis Presley

Sixto Rodriguez performs at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, in September 2012 (Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP)
August 9, 2023, 7:07 pm
Sixto Rodriguez, musician who didn’t know he was ‘more popular than Elvis,’ dies at 81
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’
By Corey Williams
Lisa Marie Presley arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Mad Max: Fury Road" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on May 7, 2015. Presley, singer and only child of Elvis, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, after a hospitalization, according to her mother, Priscilla Presley. She was 54. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
January 13, 2023, 7:38 am
Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis, dies at 54
Presley followed in her father’s footsteps, releasing her own rock albums; a turbulent private life saw her married 4 times, including to Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage
By KRISTIN M. HALL and Hillel Italie
Elvis Presley performs on stage in an unspecified location, 1973. (AP Photo)
July 31, 2022, 11:38 am
‘Bless this concert’: Book reveals depth of Elvis’s Christian faith
Star’s stepbrother Billy Stanley describes how religion was a source of comfort for king of rock, whose heritage had Jewish roots
By ToI Staff and JTA
Singer Elvis Presley gestures during a press conference inside his private railroad car at Los Angeles Union Station, California, United States as he arrived on April 20, 1960 to make a movie. (AP Photo/HPM)
June 25, 2021, 4:57 pm
Display of mother’s Star of David headstone revives talk of Elvis’s Jewish roots
60 years after her death, a new exhibition showcases the headstone of Elvis Presley’s mother, Gladys, featuring both the Jewish symbol and a cross, designed by Elvis himself
By dan fellner
In this June 25, 2008, file photo, Hal Blaine holds up his hands covered in cement after placing them in wet cement with Don Randi and Glen Campbell, representing The Wrecking Crew following an induction ceremony for Hollywood's RockWalk in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
March 12, 2019, 2:54 pm
Hal Blaine, legendary Jewish drummer for Elvis, Sinatra, Lennon, dies at 90
Hall of Famer, a session musician for countless top hits in ’60s and ’70s, and possibly the most recorded drummer ever, spoke about his Jewish upbringing in 1990 memoir
By AP and ToI Staff
President Donald Trump awards Miriam Adelson, the wife of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson and Republican mega donor the Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 16, 2018, 10:29 pm
Trump awards GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President lauds philanthropist and wife of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson for supporting Jewish schools, Holocaust memorial organizations and Birthright
By Eric Cortellessa
Sheldon Adelson and Miriam Adelson at the ceremony marking the establishment of a new Faculty of Medicine at Ariel University in the West Bank, on August 19, 2018. (Ben Dori/Flash90)
November 10, 2018, 8:52 pm
Trump to award Sheldon Adelson’s wife Miriam highest civilian honor
Six other upcoming recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom include Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, and Antonin Scalia
By ToI Staff
Bill Slott
February 11, 2018, 2:42 pm
Bill Slott
40 years of Elvis in the Judean Hills
What a little diner paying tribute to the King says about Israel’s place in the global arena
Holocaust survivor and tailor Joseph Sher speaking in 2011. Sher died in New Orleans on March 24, 2016, at the age of 100. (screen capture: Vimeo)
March 25, 2016, 11:52 pm
Joseph Sher, Holocaust survivor and tailor to stars, dies at 100
Polish-born New Orleans resident, who lost his parents and sisters to the Nazis, headed local community of survivors
By JTA
March 18, 2016, 4:59 am
Obama, Elvis and 5 other famous ‘Shabbos goys’
The politicians and celebrities who have been helping Jews observe Shabbat by turning off lights and flipping on the A/C
By Uriel Heilman
January 16, 2013, 11:37 pm
Ad featuring Hitler pulled from Turkish mall
Promotion for local wax museum featured a large portrait of the Nazi leader standing behind a podium
Elvis Presley impersonators perform in a restaurant near Jerusalem to commemorate the 31th anniversary since Elvis Presley's death (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi /Flash 90)
From the WebMarch 29, 2012, 9:59 am
Touring the Holy Land with Elvis
Elvis Presley Holy Land Tour aimed at evangelicals
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