Mordechai Shinefield

Mordechai Shinefield has written for Rolling Stone, the Village Voice and the Forward. When he's not writing music criticism, he's working on a collection of short fiction. He lives with his wife, Charlotte, and his cat, Jonas (named after the Weezer song) in Washington Heights.

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The Lyrics of Lamentations

Last weekend, Dashboard Confessional and New Found Glory played all acoustic sets at the tiny,…

Jew Trek

As seems de rigeur for this sort of post, let me prove my Star Trek…

What Eurovision Teaches Us About Israel

Do the fluctuations of a country's social climate shape the contours of their pop music?…

“Buffy” Auteur Joss Whedon Didn’t Kill Off Jewish X-Man Kitty Pryde

Whew. Today a bullet was dodged. Literally. Kitty Pryde — the Magen Dovid–toting, mutant-powered, Jewgirl…

Morrissey to Play Tel Aviv Festival, Palestinians are Mad

Morrissey, perennial lovelorn crooner and former Smiths frontman, recently announced his plans to play the…

The Eurovision Song Contest: Like American Idol Multiplied by ABBA, Plus Israelis!

I love "American Idol," but there is really only one music competition for me. It's…