Neil Sedaka was born March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Mac and Eleanor Sedaka. His father was Sephardic and his mother Ashkenazi; Sedaka was a transliteration of the Hebrew “tzedakah.”
The desire to set things right animates “Fagin the Thief.”
He’s playing a McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica Jan. 31, with Thee Holy Brothers — Willie Aron and Marvin Etzioni — opening.
Thankfully, James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” manages to avoid most of the problems that dog biopics.
“The Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz” is a fascinating volume; a poet’s life in full.
When the co-founder and CEO of Izzy was asked what he’d like the Israel-centric streaming platform to become, he answered, without missing a beat, “the Netflix of Israel.”
When Sharon Nazarian began her UCLA class on the globalization of antisemitism in October, she had no idea how topical her subject would soon become.
Dudu Tassa is quite emphatic that his new album, “Jarak Qaribak,” a collaboration with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, is not a political album.
Reading it feels like looking at a mosaic or collage, each page a verbal snapshot.
“Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare” is on view at the Skirball Cultural Center through September 3rd.