Best Jewish Rock Musicians?

This has been an educational thread for me. I had no idea that Flo & Eddie were Jewish.

And that’s a great story, GargoyleWB.

He’s Jewish. (He’s a FOAF, and I just called to confirm.)

All this way and no mention of Adam Sandler’s Chanukah Song?

Monique from Save Ferris.

Hell, for a while Little Richard was a Jew.

The guys from Jewdriver.

Gabby Glaser and Kate Schellenbach of Luscious Jackson.

Are we talking ethnicity or religion? Because Beck is a Scientologist.

I’ve never heard this, but wow, that makes her even hotter. Curvy redhead, opera-trained voice, good-time ska band, and Jewish. Nice.

i didn’t see anyone on this list that actually makes Jewish music, so i humbly submit for your listening pleasure:

Matisyahu (hasidic reggae…)

He is awesome.

Yeah, that was the joke. :slight_smile: Ah well.

I figured we’re talking ethnicity/family tradition.

Beck’s mother is half-Jewish, and he himself has alluded to having Jewish heritage, but yeah, he appears to be a $cientologist.

I would think that a significant number of the musicians mentioned in this thread aren’t observant. Have any of them just converted, with no Jewish heritage?

Adonai and I do some fine Jewish Reggae, too.

And while more country, how can we forget the next governor of Texas, Kinky Friedman

Kinky’s band, if anyone’s unaware, used to be called KINKY FRIEDMAN AND THE TEXAS JEWBOYS, and they played some of the greatest Jewish-themed stuff I ever heard, including “They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore.”

…wait a minute. The Boss isn’t Jewish?

Catholic, of Irish and Dutch ancestry.

What about Gene Simmons from KISS? I’m pretty sure he was raised Jewish.

HelloKitty, see posts #2, 3, and 22.

At least the lead jackass (maybe more of the jackasses) in that mid-'90s abortion we’re all trying to forget (Spin Doctors, not to summon). I remember thinking some Jews were cringing on aesthetic grounds when he loudly self-identified in an interview, I think he/they used to have [not sure what kind of] Jewish prayer ceremonies before shows (it didn’t work!).

His real name is so Jewish you can’t pronounce it without phlegm in your throat.

The Blues Project.