Jewish American Heritage Month

May is Jewish American Heritage Month.  While Jewish composers of Broadway and classical music are rather well known, there are also many musicians of popular and rock music who are at least partly of Jewish heritage (though some do not practice the Jewish religion):

Paula Abdul
Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert

Bangles: Susanna Hoffs
Barenaked Ladies: Steven Page
The Beastie Boys: Adam Yauch
Blondie: Chris Stein, guitar
Michael Bolton

Leonard Cohen

Neil Diamond

The Doors: Robby Krieger, guitar & songwriter

Bob Dylan

Drake

Bob Dylan

Harvey Fierstein

Béla Fleck
Art Garfunkel
David Guetta
Guns 'n' Roses: Steven Adler
Arlo Guthrie
J. Geils Band (4 Jewish members)Billy Joel
KISS: Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley
Carole King
Mark Knopfler
Lenny Kravitz

Adam Lambert

Lisa Loeb

Bette Midler

Barry Manilow

Maroon 5: Adam Levine

Idina Menzel
Bette Midler
Peter, Paul & Mary: Peter Yarrow
P!nk

Helen Reddy

The Ramones: Joey Ramone (originally Jeffry Hyman)
Carly Simon
Paul Simon
Steely Dan: Donald Fagen, Walter BeckerBarbra Streisand
Van Halen: David Lee Roth



For more information about Jewish music and musicians, click below to find books on
Jews -- Music History and Criticism