Today is folk legend Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday. Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, Dylan is no stranger to Jewish celebration. In 1975, he crashed a Passover seder with Marlon Brando. And in 2004, Dylan was spotted at Yom Kippur services in his home state of Minnesota.
Fun aside: Earlier this month, NPR’s Robert Siegel shared that Bob Dylan is the most-quoted singer/songwriter in courtrooms.
Here’s to 120, Mr. Dylan.
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