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Billy Joel Honored With George Gershwin Prize

Though today’s music industry hardly resembles the Tin Pan Alley era

By Ben Yagoda · November 18, 2014
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Carole King’s Jewish Journey

The singer joins Tony Kushner, Alan Dershowitz on PBS’s Finding Your Roots

By Zachary Schrieber · November 5, 2014
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Ben Sidran, the Original Jewish Hipster

Talking to the musician about jazz, Lenny Bruce, and being an outsider

By Jillian Scheinfeld · October 17, 2013
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Ten Carole King Songs You Don’t Know As Hers

From Herman’s Hermits to Lisa Simpson, these were actually covers

By Marc Tracy · May 10, 2012
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Sundown: Biden Defends Israeli Self-Defense

Plus Obama forsakes sticks and stones against Syria, and more

By Marc Tracy · May 8, 2012
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Sendak, of ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ Has Died

Quintessential children’s book author with a dark side

By Marc Tracy · May 8, 2012
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Sundown: Family Says Amy Died Clean

Plus, Iran allows inspector, Katy Perry joins Mideast fray, and more

By Marc Tracy · August 23, 2011
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Queen of Pop

As the curtain rises on the musical Baby It’s You!, music critic Jody Rosen discusses its subject, Florence Greenberg, the New Jersey housewife behind the Shirelles and Dionne Warwick

By Vox Tablet · April 29, 2011
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Daybreak: U.S. Hand Weak in Lebanon

Plus Medvedev gets warm welcome in Jericho, and more in the news

By Marc Tracy · January 19, 2011
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Songs of Songs

What are the 100 greatest Jewish songs ever? Tablet Magazine’s musicologists rank them all, from sacred to pop to hip-hop, from Rabbi Akiva to Amy Winehouse.

By Jody Rosen and Ari Y. Kelman · December 21, 2010
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