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    What Happens to a Dream Gone Wrong?

    Civil-rights icon Theo Bikel left the SNCC, but never the cause of justice

    byAimee Ginsburg Bikel
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    ‘Don’t Your People Got None of Your Own Music?’

    Confessions of a Jewish teenage folkie

    byJ. Hoberman
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    Pete Seeger. (Legacy Recordings)
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    When Pete Seeger Brought Bluegrass—and His Banjo—to Czechoslovakia in 1964

    The late folk icon’s performance was the first ever to feature the instrument

    byRuth Ellen Gruber
  • Singer Pete Seeger performs at the 2009 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize special outdoor tribute at Hunts Point Riverside Park on September 3, 2009 in New York City.(Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
    Singer Pete Seeger performs at the 2009 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize special outdoor tribute at Hunts Point Riverside Park on September 3, 2009 in New York City.(Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
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    Folk Music Icon Pete Seeger Dies at 94

    His recording of ‘Tzena Tzena’ brought sounds of Israel to Americans in 1950

    byStephanie Butnick
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    Israeli Music ‘Goes Out’ in America

    Today on Tablet

    byMarc Tracy
  • “Tzena Tzena Tzena,” 1950.(Courtesy Gary Maloney)
    “Tzena Tzena Tzena,” 1950.(Courtesy Gary Maloney)
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    Hear Israel

    When the Weavers recorded the popular Israeli folk song ‘Tzena Tzena’ in 1950, they did more than legitimize a strain of musical culture; they introduced Israel to a generation of young Americans

    byAri Y. Kelman
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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.

    byJody RosenandAri Y. Kelman
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    Sundown: Bronx Bomb Plotters Convicted

    Plus the real problem with J Street, and more

    byMarc Tracy
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