Seth Rogovoy—Not Really “A Complete Unknown": Bob Dylan’s Jewish Roots & Complex Identity

With the aid of audio clips, video, still images, and textual comparisons, Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, will illustrate how Bob Dylan’s songwriting has always been profoundly rooted in Jewish writings, including the Torah, the Prophets, the Talmud, liturgy, and mysticism, fusing these inspirations into a genre of “rock ’n’ roll midrash.”