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Wayne Robins

Wayne Robins, a writer and journalist, teaches at St. John’s University in Queens, NY. He also programs the ‘Rock: Today and Yesterday’ radio channel at eMusic.com. He is working on a spiritual memoir.

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    Jorma Kaukonen Finds Somebody To Love

    The former Jefferson Airplane guitarist and Hot Tuna lead man comes home to his mother’s faith at his Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio

    byWayne Robins
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    A Rabbi Seeking Wisdom Across Religious Lines

    Rami Shapiro draws on everything from Zen Buddhism to Catholicism and recovery’s Twelve Steps at his spiritual retreats

    byWayne Robins
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; background art Shutterstock)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; background art Shutterstock)
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    Life Lessons From Bob Dylan’s Brilliant Jewish Singer-Songwriter Son-in-Law

    To Peter Himmelman, fame was no match for observance, and the music just got better

    byWayne Robins
  • Left to right: Ruth Wallis, Herb Albert, and Larry Harlow.(Collage Tablet Magazine; original images courtesy of Idelsohn Society.)
    Left to right: Ruth Wallis, Herb Albert, and Larry Harlow.(Collage Tablet Magazine; original images courtesy of Idelsohn Society.)
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    Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love: ‘It’s a Scream How Levine Does the Rhumba’

    A new compilation revives the once ubiquitous, now mostly forgotten Latin-Jewish connection of the 1940s to the ’80s

    byWayne Robins
  • Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend.
    Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend.
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    Vampire Weekend’s Latest Album Is Ezra Koenig’s Guide for the Perplexed

    On ‘Modern Vampires of the City,’ the frontman wrestles with Jewish questions, calling to mind a personal Kol Nidre

    byWayne Robins
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