In their new book "The Rock 'N' Roll Haggadah: Your Guide to a Seder
That Rocks!" Meredith Ochs and Kay Miller trace the roots of the Jewish
Passover celebration by looking back at the history of it, how it is
observed, and what it means to those who mark the occasion. In this book
we discover many well known musicians who have observed Passover and how they did it. Most of those musicians were Jewish but some of them were
not. Joey Ramone was. Madonna wasn't. Lou Reed was, but even though he
seemed like an atheist he still observed Passover. So did Leonard Cohen
who was born Jewish, and Jeff Tweedy who has converted to Judaism. Ochs
and Miller also put together a Spotify playlist for their rock 'n' roll
Passover.
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