Last night, American Idol frontrunner Adam Lambert sang a slowed-down version of the disco classic "If I Can’t Have You." Back in 2005, Lambert sang "Shir Lashalom" — the song Yitzhak Rabin sang just before he was killed — at a Yitzhak Rabin tribute concert. (H/t to The Forward)
And if you’re wondering what Idol Season 5 third-place finisher Elliot Yamin’s been up to lately, this CNN article asks and answers the question "How does a Jewish guy from Richmond, Virginia, end up mining for gold in the genre of R&B music?"
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