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Leonard Cohen

US actor Jack Black attends the premiere of Columbia Pictures' 'Anaconda' at The United Theater on Broadway in Los Angeles, California, on December 13, 2025. (Robyn Beck / AFP)
December 27, 2025, 8:52 am
The Reel Schmooze: Jack Black’s mother was a rocket scientist?!
Movie maven Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan on the Jewish ‘Anaconda’ actor’s accomplished mom and a review of the Schmoovie of the week, ‘The Sure Thing,’ by director Rob Reiner
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Tzachi Gatzek, Gali Gatzek and Vered Raz rewrote Leonard Cohen's classic 'Who By Fire' in memory of all those killed on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy screenshot)
December 12, 2023, 3:14 pm
Chilling version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Who By Fire’ mourns Oct. 7 victims
Heartbroken amateur musician asks, ‘Who is left in Be’eri,’ in Nir Oz and Sderot, in Nirim and Erez, and in all the places where Hamas terrorists struck
By Jessica Steinberg
Leonard Cohen in concert at London’s O2 Arena, September 15, 2013. (Brian Rasic/Getty Images/JTA)
November 29, 2023, 9:52 am
New miniseries to showcase Leonard Cohen’s romance with Marianne
Alex Wolff to portray Jewish music icon during his relationship with his Norwegian muse, the eponymous subject of one of his hit songs
By Andrew Lapin
Leonard Cohen performs at Ramat Gan Stadium, September 24, 2009. (Marko / Flash90)
December 14, 2022, 9:45 am
Leonard Cohen’s kids claim lawyer fraudulently took control over his estate
Adam and Lorca Cohen are waging legal battle against Robert Kory, alleging he forged a document to ‘steal the Hall of Famer’s legacy from his own children’
By ToI Staff
Leonard Cohen, center, performs with Israeli singer Matti Caspi, on guitar, for Israeli troops in the Sinai in 1973. Ariel Sharon is to the left of Cohen, with arms crossed. (Yakovi Doron)
November 29, 2022, 12:11 am
Leonard Cohen’s Yom Kippur War trip to Israel gets dramatic adaptation
TV miniseries based on recent book by Matti Friedman is being developed by Keshet International, with filming slated to begin in 2024
By Amy Spiro
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Photo by Yakovi Doron
September 7, 2022, 8:04 pm
Leonard Cohen’s Yom Kippur War performance comes alive on Israeli stage
Some 50 years after Cohen serenaded IDF soldiers in the Sinai desert, Beit Avi Chai explores his mythical trip to the frontlines, a unique moment in Israel history.
Leonard Cohen, singer and songwriter, at home in Los Angeles, California, September 2016. (Graeme Mitchell - Redux/ Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)
July 1, 2022, 3:16 am
Documentary tracks many artistic reincarnations of Leonard Cohen and his iconic song
Out on July 1, ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song’ looks into the star’s life and his creative process – which sometimes clashed with a profit-driven music industry
By Jordan Hoffman
Leonard Cohen, center, performs with Israeli singer Matti Caspi, on guitar, for Israeli troops in the Sinai in 1973. Ariel Sharon is to the left of Cohen, with arms crossed (Yaakovi Doron)
March 29, 2022, 11:15 am
Why Leonard Cohen joined a war to sing for his brothers, and never spoke of it again
Using Cohen’s own notes, and recollections of Israeli soldiers who heard him, Matti Friedman teases out the astounding story of the Jewish singer-priest on the Yom Kippur frontline
By David Horovitz
Leonard Cohen performs during the first day of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California, April 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
March 3, 2022, 8:32 pm
Previously unpublished Leonard Cohen novel set for fall release
‘A Ballet of Lepers’ containing a novel and 15 short stories, all written over a decade before the singer started his musical career, will be published in October
By Jessica Steinberg
Leonard Cohen performs during the first day of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California, April 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
November 26, 2021, 3:10 am
Hallelujah: How Leonard Cohen looked to the Bible and Kabbalah for inspiration
‘Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius’ by UK author Harry Freedman shows how Judeo-Christian theology and rabbinic roots shaped the writer and musician’s worldview
By JP O’ Malley
Leonard Cohen performs for Israeli troops in the Sinai during the 1973 Yom Kippur War (Ron Ilan/ IDF archives)
September 15, 2021, 11:00 pm
Rediscovered: Leonard Cohen lyrics of fighting with ‘brothers’ in Yom Kippur War
One verse of Cohen’s song ‘Lover, Lover, Lover,’ written while he played for troops battling Egypt, deeply moved the soldiers who heard it, then mysteriously disappeared. Until now
By ToI Staff
Visitors tour ANU, the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2021. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
March 11, 2021, 11:43 pm
Revamped Tel Aviv museum a globe-spanning journey through Jewish history
Open after $100 million renovation, the Museum of the Jewish People — ANU harnesses the vibrant breadth of Jewish cultures through artifacts, artwork and interactive displays
By Jessica Steinberg
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
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)
August 31, 2020, 2:08 am
Republicans twice defy Leonard Cohen estate to play ‘Hallelujah’ at convention
Lawyer says Cohen estate specifically declined RNC’s request to use the iconic song; in swipe at Trump campaign, suggests the song ‘You Want it Darker’ might have been approved
By JTA
People look and photograph the new statue of American writer Jerome David Salinger in Paminklas, Lithuania, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Vladas Sciavinskas)
June 20, 2020, 1:21 pm
Lithuania erects sculpture in honor of J.D. Salinger
Statue featuring rye field dedicated to Jewish ‘Catcher in the Rye’ author, close to village where his ancestors lived
By LIUDAS DAPKUS
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