![]() And the rest more than lives up to this promising start. “Way on the other side of the Hudson, deep in the bosom of suburbia….” To launch a pop song with that scene-setting description is pure genius. What follows is our list of the 150 Greatest Jewish Pop Songs of All Time.Ĭontributors: Peter Aaron (PA), Jackson Arn, Steven Lee Beeber (SLB), Scott Benarde (SB), Doug Brod (DB), Michael Eck (ME), Dan Epstein (DE), Mira Fox (MF), Jennifer Gilmore (JG), PJ Grisar (PJ), Howard Fishman, Jon Karp (JK), Harold Lepidus (HL), Alan Light (AL), Gary Lucas (GL), Julie Potash Slavin aka Hesta Prynn, Ira Robbins (IR), Wayne Robins (WR), Nathan Salsburg (NS), Ed Siegel (ES), Jim Sullivan (JS), Rob Tannenbaum (RT) Others will quibble with some of our selections. We have no doubt that for every song included in our list some readers will have alternative choices. We could easily have populated the entire list with Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen songs, so many of which touch on Jewishness that entire books have been written about them, so we tried to limit those entries in the spirit of inclusiveness.Ībout a dozen contributors chose to delve more in-depth in the form of short essays on songs and related topics. We then culled the replies down to a somewhat manageable list of 150, with annotations and links. We got back from them an astonishing list of 300 songs in all, as diverse as the contributors themselves, not all of whom are Jewish – at least we don’t think so we didn’t ask. We then sent out invitations to a couple dozen writers, musicians, and writer/musicians, asking them to share their lists and thoughts about their favorite rock songs that address Jewish culture, ideas, themes, history, or religion. You can find the whole list and accompanying essays here.Īfter Rolling Stone magazine published its list of the 500 Greatest Albums last September, we started asking ourselves what are the greatest Jewish songs of the rock era? We began drawing up lists of our own, but soon realized that were we to be serious about it, this was a task that required input from a larger cohort. ![]() (More Ressources will be added in the near future.Inspired in part by all the Jewish artists on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs, the Forward decided it was time to rank the best Jewish pop songs of all time. Click here to enter our special forum for discussions and questions about this book!Ĭlick here to view additional ressources and information about this book! ![]() A thoroughly accessible guide to the magic of the Qabbalah, this book also covers the underlying spiritual principles and history of these powerful magical practices. #The magickal power of the psalms ritual book how to#Revealing the occult teachings of the 4th-century Book of the Mysteries, the magical uses of 150 psalms, and how to harness the power of Hebrew letters in talisman designs, the author also shows you how to contact the Maggid, or Divine inner teacher or attain the spiritual vision of the Merkavah. The spells and rituals included range from basic "everyday" magic for health, prosperity, love, protection, and prophetic dreams to advanced high level magic such as invoking the highest angelic powers or creating an astral life-form, or Golem. In this comprehensive and practical guide to Qabbalistic magic, Salomo Baal-Shem explains how to authentically perform rituals from the Qabbalistic tradition. The Qabbalah - the Jewish esoteric tradition - is richly woven with magical practices, from amulets and magic bowls to invocations and magical use of psalms.
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