As he mixed matzah ball ingredients in a bowl during a recent episode of his online cooking show, Tsutomu Shimura reminisced about his bubbe. “I grew up going to Jewish delis with my grandmother,” Shimura said while preparing “Judon” — Japanese udon noodles with a Jewish twist.
Now streaming on Audible, “Can You Dig It?” includes interviews with former gang members and historians, along with dramatic reenactments of key moments in the Ghetto Brothers’ history.
Under Keith Naftaly’s leadership, KMEL became the top-rated station in San Francisco. He dubbed it “The People’s Station” and sought to build a true community around it.
Hip-hop is hyper-competitive, so the question must be asked: Who are the Jewish artists who have made the biggest impact on the culture? To try to answer that question, I solicited the help of some serious hip-hop heads: brothers Eric and Jeff Rosenthal, together known as ItsTheReal.
Many Jewish rappers have left their mark on hip-hop culture, but the biggest contributions that Jews have made collectively to hip-hop may have been on the business side.
