Seth Rogovoy is a contributing editor at the Forward. He is the author of Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet (Scribner, 2009) and the forthcoming Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison (Oxford University Press).
Seth Rogovoy
By Seth Rogovoy
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Culture Pay no attention to that big cross he’s wearing — Tom Jones really does have a secret Jewish history
The Welsh singer has covered songs by Bob Dylan and has sung about Samson and Delilah
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Culture The secret Jewish history of the Indianapolis 500
Alon Day, Peter Revson and Carl Fisher are names that should be known alongside Mario Andretti and A.J. Fo\yt
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Music Did an obscure Bob Dylan song by way of Woody Guthrie predict the 2023 battle for women’s rights?
A recent story out of Danville, Illinois makes 1984's 'New Danville Girl' — co-written by Sam Shepard — seem eerily prescient
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Music The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame just got a little more Jewish (and a little less rock ‘n’ roll)
Al Kooper and Rage Against the Machine are among this year's inductees
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Music Could Bob Dylan be auditioning a new album concept in Japan?
Theories abound as to why the 81-year-old artist has started covering Grateful Dead tunes
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Music Why 1973 was a particularly Jewish year in pop music
Fifty years ago, Bette Midler, Kiss, Steely Dan and the Simons (both Carly and Paul) stormed the pop charts
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Culture The Secret Jewish history of Mardi Gras
At first glance, you won't find much Jewish about the holiday — but look a little closer
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Culture The secret Jewish history of UFOs (and why Ezekiel might have had a close encounter)
UFOs are back in the news.
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Fast Forward Meet Lev Kreitman, who brought down Tel Aviv shooter and survived Nova music festival on Oct. 7
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