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.
This is Gundar-Goshen’s fourth novel and her first set in the U.S. It is a very American novel in its examination of antisemitism, racial tensions and greed. But it is an unmistakably Israeli novel, too.
Russian history has long provided rich source material and inspiration to Jewish writers, especially fiction writers, from Isaac Babel to Elana Dkyewomon to Gary Shteyngart.