Neil Diamond’s schmaltzy universalism is an exhilarating triumph for white Jewish people, but leaves out some others. Rob Verhorst/Redferns Neil, I’m a believer. You got to me, and I’ve got the feelin ...

Hits Different is a new series that takes a second look at a TV show, song, album, episode, movie, scene, or clip from the past that, in our current context, just hits different. What was the world ...

Neil Diamond is cheesy. But sometimes America is cheesy, and that’s okay. The Jewish Elvis performed this song as the closer to his 1980 film remake of The Jazz Singer, and you can’t deny the pulsing ...

These last few weeks I have been hearing Neil Diamond’s song “America” in my ear over and over again. Donald Trump, his Republican Party, their media and the MAGA mob hear these words too. But instead ...