(Jewish Journal via JNS) This week, we celebrate the 80th birthday of Robert Allen Zimmerman, one of America’s most celebrated singer-songwriters. Many American Jews know that Zimmerman went on to change his name to Bob Dylan in a bid for palatability...
Why Tulsa?
To be more precise: Why is the new Bob Dylan Center – home to the Nobel Prize laureate’s archive as well as gallery space that will perpetually play host to 16 revolving exhibitions based on the archive’s holdings — located in...
Seth Rogovoy, The Forward
• Published March 27, 2022
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Does Bob Dylan write his songs in black and white or in color?
This is just one question of many...
Jewish fantasies everywhere came true last year when a handwritten card from Barbra Streisand to Bob Dylan was uncovered in the Dylan Archive, a trove of 6,000 pieces of his paraphernalia.
The archive, which was jointly bought by the George Kaiser...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 12, 2019
FEL for the fellasLast week, about 100 people showed up at the Mirowitz Center to learn about a new men’s group forming called FEL (Friends Enjoying Life). It’s modeled after similar efforts in Naples, Fla. and Phoenix, the latter of which is called...
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM CEREMONY East Room 3:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Everybody, please have a seat, and welcome to the White...
By Daniel Durchholz,
Special to the Light
• Published October 27, 2010
Bob Dylan blew through town last week, playing a concert at Chaifetz Arena. I didn't go to the show, which marks the first time in years that I can recall taking a pass on seeing him when he was performing within a hundred miles of me. At the time,...
