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Jew Tunes Latest Entry: Jewish indie rock at SXSW Since nearly every major and not-so-major band in the universe is prepping for the South By Southwest (the hugemongous Austin, TX music festival) next week, there isn’t very much concert news happening on either coast. So let’s take a minute to recognize a few super-hip bands fronted by fantastic Jewish singers that will be performing at SXSW along with the rest of the music world.	News and Views Latest Entry: China gets kosher milk, we all laugh - at first.
The Art Scene Latest Entry: Spoken word artist wows at ‘Inside the Activists’ Studio’	Chai Life Latest Entry: Jewish pride and Omri Casspi "Omri Casspi and the Jewish masculine identity" from an ESPN blog.
Yo, Yenta! Latest Entry:	Jewish Stars Latest Entry: Ellie Greenwich, Good-Bye to a Great Songwriter—-Leader of the Pack, Be My Baby, Many More Ellie Greenwich, a famous rock songwriter, died this week, age 68. In the words of the first paragraph of the linked obituary: “In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time included six by Ellie Greenwich and her husband and writing partner, Jeff Barry – more than by any other songwriting team. They had 17 singles in the pop charts of 1964, surpassed only by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles and the Americans Holland, Dozier and Holland.”
Reporters' Notebook Latest Entry: Want more Maccabi? Here’s what you didn’t see!	Kaplan's Korner (Sports Blog) Latest Entry: