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FILE - In this Monday, Dec, 10, 2012 file photo, lyricist Herbert Kretzmer and his wife Sybil Sever attend the premiere for "Les Miserables" at the Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York. Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist best known for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Misérables, has died. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
October 15, 2020, 8:42 am
Herbert Kretzmer, lyricist of Les Miserables, dead at 95
Son of Jewish-Lithuanian immigrants to South Africa lauded as a ‘masterful wordsmith,’ ‘great lyricist and man of theatre’
By Pan Pylas
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
Frank Sinatra performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London, September 1, 1980. (David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA); Marcia Freedman, shown with some of her handmade kippas, knitted one for Frank Sinatra that recently sold at auction for nearly $10,000. (Courtesy)
January 4, 2019, 4:34 pm
Knitter of Sinatra’s $10,000 kippa unravels the mystery of its origin
Marcia Freedman, responsible for historic yarmulke recently sold at Sotheby’s, says in 1981 she was a stay-at-home mom making skullcaps on the side
By Yaakov Schwartz
Frank Sinatra performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London, September 1, 1980. (David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
December 28, 2018, 4:50 am
Where did Frank Sinatra get his kippa? It happened in Margate
Sotheby’s auction of skullcap for $10,000 earlier this month sparks memories of a 1981 night when the Rat Pack turned a New Jersey Jewish day school into a swinging club
By Stephen Silver
Frank Sinatra performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London, September 1, 1980. (David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
December 11, 2018, 4:20 am
Frank Sinatra’s yarmulke fetches over $9,000 at auction
Crooner’s kippa, with Frank and musical notes crocheted on border, smashes estimate of $200 to $400; unclear where he got it from
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Former US president Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, at a luncheon in New Orleans in honor of her work to combat drug abuse, August 15, 1988. (AFP/Mike Sargent)
September 17, 2016, 8:09 pm
Now you too can own a piece of Reagan
Hundreds of items from 40th president’s possessions expected to fetch $2 million in New York sale next week
By Jennie Matthew
Frank Sinatra Jr. performing at a private residence in Beverly Hills, California, Oct. 9, 2010. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Night Vision/via JTA)
March 18, 2016, 1:59 am
How Frank Sinatra Jr. got a Jewish middle name
‘I want to make a pilgrimage to Israel, visit the Western Wall,’ said famous crooner’s singer son, who died Wednesday
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Frank Sinatra performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London, September 1, 1980. (David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
December 12, 2015, 7:50 am
Happy 100th to Sinatra, a supporter of Jewish causes
Celebrated singer, who died in 1998, served on board of Simon Wiesenthal Center, raised millions in Israel bonds
By Gabe Friedman
The late Amy Winehouse is the subject of Asif Kapadia's emotional documentary "Amy." (Mark Okoh, Camera Press)
July 3, 2013, 2:24 pm
Up close and personal with Amy Winehouse
The London Jewish Museum’s portrait of the late singer and her family reveals a close, boisterous Jewish clique
By Miriam Shaviv
Hundreds of performers, including Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson, helped raise awareness of the Holocaust as it unfolded by joining the cast of We Will Never Die. (Courtesy of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies)
March 9, 2013, 6:52 pm
The first time Hollywood exposed the Holocaust
Saturday marks 70 years since a daring, controversial ‘propaganda pageant’ demanded US action against the genocide
By Matt Lebovic
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