Soundtrack of the Jewish People: Great Songs that Reshaped America with Joe Levy and Nadine Epstein

Former Rolling Stone and Billboard editor Joe Levy discusses the intersection of music and the Jewish experience in America, including great songs by Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and George Gershwin that have reshaped America. He also explains how Bob Dylan’s powerful 1965 “Highway 61 Revisited” transformed the American landscape at another “messy time” in American history. Other artists mentioned include Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon and Matisyahu. In conversation with Nadine Epstein, editor-in-chief and CEO of Moment Magazine. Co-presented with the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

Soundtrack of the Jewish People—is an ongoing series exploring the history of Jewish contributions to the world of music—with musicians, scholars and music lovers, based on Moment’s years-long undertaking to explore music with Jewish significance.

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