Israeli songwriter rewrites Dylan: ‘It might be dark, but it’s not late yet’How do you move past despair and resignation to find resilience and hope? Jul 10 25July 10, 2025Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
The time Bob Dylan doodled a yarmulkaed man waiting for a 1 trainIs that a yarmulke on the guy Bob Dylan drew waiting for the IRT? Is the propeller he drew on the man’s beanie to be taken seriously, or is it a typically Dylanesque deflection? Mar 20 25March 20, 2025Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
A wild week of Jewish Dylanology - The Jewish StandardFeb 27 25February 27, 2025Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
When piña coladas meet kiddushSome people want to fill the world with Yiddish love songs. Rokhl Kafrissen is one of those people. The columnist and playwright recently created a translation of the Jimmy Buffet song whose title Spotify helpfully truncates into the… Sep 04 21September 04, 2021Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
From the Zimmerman filesBob Dylan fans gave up any hope of reading a truly revelatory interview with their favorite song writer long ago. These days, he’ll sit for one interview with the release of a new album. Most recently, Mr. Dylan spoke with the historian Douglas… Oct 28 20October 28, 2020Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
The folkie and the Yiddishist could be friendsWoody Guthrie’s daughter Nora talks about her father and her Jewish roots The Shabbes table could be your Shabbes table. The Shabbes table could be my Shabbes table. But in fact, the Shabbes table captured in a home movie that will be shown at Temple… Nov 01 18November 01, 2018Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Looking back at angerDaniel Wolff of Upper Nyack remembers being an angry kid growing up in Westchester. His elders told him he would grow up and out of his rage. He didn’t think so. It turned out he was right. “Despite what my elders told me when I was 13, my anger… Jun 15 17June 15, 2017Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Write ’em, JewboyKinky Friedman is riding into town, country-and-western guitar in hand and a stack of new songs in his repertoire — but don’t get your hopes too high if you’re a fan, because they might get as thoroughly busted as one of the hapless New York City… Apr 06 17April 06, 2017Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
The Tehran Times they are a-changin’It was a happy Nowruz indeed for Dylan fans who celebrated the Iranian new year, which occurred on Tuesday. That’s because on Saturday, the Iranian publisher Donya-ye Eqtesad announced the publication of a Farsi translation of Bob Dylan’s… Mar 23 17March 23, 2017Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Bob Dylan and Philip Roth bring it all back homeAs a fan who runs the “Bob Dylan: Tangled Up in Jews” website, I should be ecstatic at the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to the writer whose words have been the soundtrack to my life since I first sang them at a Jewish summer camp some 40-odd… Oct 14 16October 14, 2016Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
He’s 75 and his musical fans look backMexicali Live celebrates Bob Dylan’s birthday On Tuesday, the artist formerly known as Robert Zimmerman will celebrate his 75th birthday. If Bob Dylan’s platinum jubilee seems particularly poignant, perhaps its because Mr. Dylan is now triple the age… May 19 16May 19, 2016Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Mr. Tambourine Man’s heyFor decades, Dylanologists — this author included — have pored over scraps of lyrics to answer the intriguing, if pointless, question: How Jewish is the man born as Robert Zimmerman? Now there’s one more scrap of evidence — this one on paper. The… Mar 10 16March 10, 2016Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
From Kohelet to KrishnaWith ‘Vanity Karma,’ a Jewish swami comes full circle This is a story about the big questions, among them: “What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?” That’s from the beginning book of Ecclesiastes — Kohelet in Hebrew… Oct 01 15October 01, 2015Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Yom HaShoah thoughts from Bob DylanWhat does (or did) Bob Dylan think about the Holocaust? In recent weeks, that question has been answered by two sources. One, a friend of Dylan’s who recalled putting the question directly to Dylan. The other, a journalist and Dylanologist, unearthed… Apr 11 12April 11, 2012Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Dylan plagiarism scandal at Jewish summer campFor some of us, our central focus at summer camp was the camp newspaper. So it is with particular interest that we read about a rare Bob Dylan manuscript that had come up for auction: Little Buddy, written for his summer camp’s newspaper, the Herzl… Jul 12 11July 12, 2011Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Finding Bob Dylan in the JTA archivesThe news service formerly known as the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has unveiled its new Jewish news archive of all its articles from 1917 on. So what did the official news service of the Jewish people have to say about Bob Dylan? A search turned up… May 09 11May 09, 2011Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Phoebe Snow z’l covers Bob DylanPhoebe Snow died Tuesday. The singer and songwriter, most famous for her hit “Poetry Man,” was raised in Teaneck. Her story is fascinating and moving; she effectively gave up the music business to raise her disabled daughter. This YouTube clip… Apr 28 11April 28, 2011Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
Dan Bern: A Dylanesque singer in the Holocaust’s shadowDan Bern can’t escape the Bob Dylan comparisons: Songwriter who plays guitar and harmonica, solo or with a backing band ““ check. Sardonic songs about love and ambiguous relationships ““ check. Free Sign Up Lyrics ripped from the headlines ““ check.… Feb 18 11February 18, 2011Article at North Jersey / Rockland Jewish Standard
