Leonard Koan, boudoir poet
What the songwriter’s actions during the Yom Kippur War can teach us today about the Jewish response to tragedy
In an appearance that has never quite been explained, the legendary singer came to the desert to perform for the troops during one of the bloodiest weeks of the battle
Phil Spector was psychotic and abhorrent. Here’s why his art still matters.
And finding him—in Vilnius
Things are gonna slide in all directions
Indian Supreme Court Justice Dhananjaya Chandrachud read from Leonard Cohen’s “Democracy” to end the country’s 158-year-old ban on same-sex relations
Another reminder that we need our man now more than ever
To celebrate, watch the old rabbi as a young man singing about the sisters of mercy
Today on Jewcy: An original poem of love and loss
In October of 1973, the singer flew to Israel to entertain the soldiers on the front lines, and left with one of his finest albums
In March, Bob Dylan will release a triple album of covers of American songs
Remembering Leonard Cohen
Mourning the poet, the troubador, the rabbi
The poet’s greatest talent was his gift for healing
The poet and singer was ‘attuned to the divine, whatever the divine might be… with the unburdened heart of a believer’
At 82, the prophet releases another profound and beautiful chapter in his manual for living with defeat
Let Leonard Cohen, T.S. Eliot, and more, inspire some contemplation
