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This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity

This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity

Kroll-Zeldin, Oren
Werden-Greenfield, Ariella

Hardcover

Series: Dimyonot

General MusicPop/Rock

ISBN10: 0271095660
ISBN13: 9780271095660
Publisher: Penn St Univ Pr
Published: Sep 5 2023
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.66
Height: 1.05 Width: 7.23 Depth: 10.25
Language: English

Phish has a diehard fan base and a dedicated community of enthusiasts--called Phishheads--who follow the band around the country, some fans attending every show. What may be surprising is that a significant percentage of Phishheads are Jewish.

Two members of the band--bassist Mike Gordon and drummer Jonathan Fishman--were raised in Jewish households, and Phish has been known to play Hebrew songs in concert. At live shows, many attendees, some wearing T-shirts emblazoned with Phish written in Hebrew letters, express feeling something special--even distinctly Jewish--during their performances. As this book shows, Phish is one avenue through which many Jews find cultural and spiritual fulfillment outside the confines of traditional and institutional Jewish life. In effect, Phish fandom and the live Phish experience act as a microcosm through which we see American Jewish religious and cultural life manifest in unique and unexpected spaces.

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