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From left: Richie Faulkner from Judas Priest, Scott Keller, Rob Halford from Judas Priest, Laughlin Keller at Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp in Los Angeles, November 10, 2016. (Courtesy Rock N' Roll Fantasy Camp)
February 23, 2021, 4:23 am
Cantor’s son makes rocker dreams come true at Rock N’ Roll Fantasy Camp
87 feel-good minutes are jammed into documentary ‘Rock Camp: The Movie’ as promoter David Fishof invites rock gods to perform alongside mere mortals – often with touching results
By Lisa Klug
Singer Ari Gold performs at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, June 11, 2009. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
February 16, 2021, 11:11 pm
Ari Gold, yeshiva student turned pop star and LGBTQ icon, dies at 47
Singer, who left Orthodox Jewish roots but stayed connected to his Jewish identity, dies of leukemia after seven-year battle
By Gabe Friedman
Left: a portrait of Golda Meir in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market by Solomon Souza (Renee Ghert-Zand/TOI); Right: Dame Maureen Lipman (Jay Brooks)
February 11, 2021, 3:37 am
Golda Meir given posthumous encore in debut of newly rediscovered musical
Celebrated UK actress Maureen Lipman to sing ‘Next Year in Jerusalem,’ title song in a never-seen show about the female Israeli PM, for Jewish Music Institute’s online gala Feb. 11
By Anne Joseph
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
In this May 29, 2009 file photo, music producer Phil Spector sits in a courtroom for his sentencing in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)
January 17, 2021, 6:46 pm
Phil Spector, ‘Wall of Sound’ music producer, murderer, dies at 81
Hailed by John Lennon as ‘the greatest record producer ever,’ Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003; jailed for 19 years, he died in a prison hospital
By Linda Deutsch and Christopher Weber
New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain in 1980. (Peter Noble/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
January 17, 2021, 8:31 am
Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish guitarist for the New York Dolls, dies aged 69
Musician hailed as a ‘lynchpin’ of the influential rock band; moved to the US as a child when his family fled rising anti-Semitism in Cairo in 1956
By Gabe Friedman
Clockwise from top left: Woody Allen (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File); Sacha Baron Cohen as Boart (Screenshot); Seth Rogen in 'American Pickle' (Courtesy HBO); Cover of 'Self Care' by Leigh Stein (Courtesy); Members of the band Haim (CC-SA-2.0/ Flickr/ Raph_PH); Zoe Kazan in 'The Plot Against America' (Michele K. Short/HBO).
December 28, 2020, 11:44 pm
PODCAST: ToI’s top 11 countdown of Jew-ish TV, songs, movies and books of 2020
The year felt like one long rainy day, but there was plenty to do indoors. Jordan Hoffman put together a list of funny, touching, and thought-provoking releases from the Tribe
By Jordan Hoffman
Jewish hip hop singer Nissim Black performs at a Hanukkah festival in Pittsburgh, 2018. (Esther Wayne/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images via JTA)
December 10, 2020, 8:13 am
Orthodox rapper remakes ‘Hava Nagila’ just in time for Hanukkah
‘The Hava Song’ by Nissim Black, who declares during the song that he’s ‘Black, Jewish and proud,’ is a modern take on the classic tune
By LAURA E. ADKINS
Bob Dylan performs in Los Angeles, January 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
December 7, 2020, 5:33 pm
Dylan sells rights to his entire 60-year catalog of songs to Universal Music
Publishing group acquires collection of over 600 tracks, whose influence is probably only matched by The Beatles’
By AP
Hans Zimmer at the European premiere of "The Lion King" in London, July 14, 2019. (David M. Benett/Wire Image/Getty Images)
December 1, 2020, 7:20 pm
Israel Philharmonic streaming Hans Zimmer pre-Hanukkah event
Prolific Jewish composer to join orchestra for night of insights from his career, and music from his 150 movie scores
By Gabe Friedman
Leonard Cohen performs during the first day of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., Friday, April 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
October 20, 2020, 4:14 pm
Not everybody knows: Fresh Leonard Cohen stories illuminate a complex troubadour
Canadian journalist Michael Posner’s quest to interview anyone who knew the mysterious celeb bears fruit with the first installment of oral biography trilogy, dropping October 20
By Robert Sarner
Lisa Loeb at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019. (Juan Patino Photography)
September 25, 2020, 11:42 pm
Grammy Award-winning Lisa Loeb shares her ‘Simple Trick to Happiness’
The singer, songwriter, children’s book author and actress grabs a moment to tell ToI about her new album, the importance of mindfulness and Judaism’s role in her pandemic-era life
By Aviva Engel
Doja Cat attends the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, broadcast on Sunday, August 30, 2020. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for RCA via JTA)
September 1, 2020, 11:15 am
Jewish singer Doja Cat wins MTV best new artist award
Star urges fans to ‘stay safe’ and thanks her mother in acceptance speech during online broadcast
By Josefin Dolsten
Sasha Lurje, left, leads the Yiddish rock band Forshpil. (Marlene Karpischek via JTA)
August 31, 2020, 8:13 am
Yiddish psychedelic rock band Forshpil brings electric guitar to the shtetl
As Latvian band releases second album, front-woman Sasha Lurje speaks about its inspirations, transition from klezmer, and its new album’s ‘dark love stories’
By Joe Baur
Peter Green in 1987, with famous his talons (Photo: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy)
August 22, 2020, 1:33 pm
The last blues of Peter Green
On December 25, 1980, the Fleetwood Mac founder, who passed away last month, walked into a studio in Tel Aviv and left behind a rare recording of bewitching sadness
By Amir Ben-David
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