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Leonard Cohen

The iconic song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen — seen here with a feline friend — is the subject of a new documentary opening soon in the Bay Area. (Photo/Graeme Mitchell-Redux)
Posted inCultured

Hot Jewish Summer: Yiddish album and ‘Hallelujah’ doc will strike a chord

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 21, 2022June 22, 2022

It’s shaping up to be a Hot Jewish Summer. Drake just dropped a dance album. A movie about a bar/bat mitzvah party motivator is playing in theaters around the country. […]

Choir! Choir! Choir! event at Massey Hall in Toronto. (Photo/Joseph Fuda)
Posted inMusic

Hallelujah! It’s time for a Hanukkah-themed Leonard Cohen sing-along

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 1, 2021December 1, 2021
George Fok’s “Passing Through” (2017), a multichannel video installation appearing at the Contemporary Jewish Museum as part of the "Experience Leonard Cohen" exhibit.
Posted inCulture

Contemporary artists riff on Leonard Cohen’s music in new CJM exhibit

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert July 23, 2021July 22, 2021
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting a rehearsal of the San Francisco Symphony (Photo/Art Streiber-Courtesy S.F. Symphony)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

All the Jewish Grammy nominees, from Haim to Michael Tilson Thomas

by Emily Burack and JTA November 24, 2020November 30, 2020
Leonard Cohen in Nashville in 1968. (Photo/JTA-Tony Vaccaro-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

Leonard Cohen album to be released posthumously

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 20, 2019
Perla Batalla with her mentor, Leonard Cohen. (Photo/Courtesy Perla Batalla)
Posted inMusic

Leonard Cohen’s backup singer to pay tribute to mentor in S.F.

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 14, 2019March 13, 2019
Isaac embraces Abraham by Otto Adolph Stemler, early 20th century
Posted inTorah

Leonard Cohen’s take on Abraham and Isaac hits the right note

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon October 25, 2018
Mural of Leonard Cohen in Montreal by artist Kevin Ledo (Photo/Flickr-fredisonfire CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inCulture

A Montreal pilgrimage in the footsteps of Leonard Cohen

by Ben Harris April 24, 2018April 24, 2018
leonard cohen in a fedora on stage
Posted inColumns, Jewish Life, Torah

A song can lift a fallen angel into wholeness

by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer February 10, 2017February 14, 2017

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