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The Ferris Wheels, with Rabbi Yehuda Ferris front and center, plays at the Bay Street Mall menorah lighting in Emeryville in 2021. (Photo/Courtesy)
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The Ferris Wheels, a Chabad rabbi’s cover band, mix classic rock with Jewish ruach

by Dan Pine May 11, 2023May 12, 2023

They’re your basic rock quartet — lead guitar, bass, drums and a charismatic, black-clad, gray-bearded frontman — playing blistering renditions of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” and the Rolling Stones’ […]

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‘Be a mensch,’ says keyboardist for iconic rockers The Who

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Self-portrait of Silver Jews frontman David Berman, who died this week at 52 self-portrait (Photo/Courtesy Drag City)
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David Berman, indie rock band Silver Jews frontman, dead at 52

by JTA and J. Staff August 9, 2019August 9, 2019
Cubed members (from left) Nataan Hong, Ezra Rosen, Harrison Saltzman and Claire Banks
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Rockers ready to play hard — but first, middle school

Daniel Bromfield by Daniel Bromfield March 22, 2019March 25, 2019
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’90s rocker Perry Farrell + Chabad = Hanukkah at the Fillmore

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