Oren Kroll-Zeldin is Assistant Director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice and Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco.Ariella Werden-Greenfield is Associate Director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and Special Advisor on Antisemitism at Temple University.

“Readers of This Is Your Song Too will gain a more nuanced, appreciative understanding of both Jewish and Phish communities, with their deep histories, their varied constituencies, and their rich implications for identity formation—whether readers are insiders to these communities or outsiders looking in with interest.”—Dr. Jnan A. Blau, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, California Polytechnic State University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONThe People of the Helping Friendly Book Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-GreenfieldSET 1 “SHARING IN THE GROOVE”: PHISH AND JEWISH CULTURE1. From Summer Camp to Summer Tour: Phish and the Cultivation of Jewish Cultural Identity Oren Kroll-Zeldin2. Performing Jewish Identity and Community Through Phish’s “Avenu Malkenu” Jacob A. Cohen3. “Finest in the Nation”: The Food of Phish and the Jewish Experience Evan S. Benn4. Exploring Jewishness and Queerness on Phish’s Dance Floor Isaac Kandall Slone5. I’ve Been Wading in the Whitest Sea: Reflections on Race, Judaism, and Phish Caroline Rothstein6. “Feeling Weightless in the Sea”: Phish and Overcoming Cancer Benjamin DavidSET 2 GOD ON TOUR: JUDAISM AND THE LIVE PHISH EXPERIENCE7. Beyond “Avenu Malkenu”: Fan Responses to Sacred Music in Phish’s Musical Canon Ariella Werden-Greenfield8. “All Times and Seasons Are the Reasons”: How Phish Brought America to Shul Mike Greenhaus9. “Where the People Come to Pray”: Sacred Pilgrimage and Communal Rejoicing from the Ancient Temple in Jerusalem to YEMSG Jessy Dressin10. “Pull This Timber ‘fore the Sun Go Down”: The Joys and Questions of Shabbat Observance at Phish Josh Fleet11. Phish Jews: Improvisation as Religious Orientation Joshua S. Ladon12. Tour and Torah: Jews and Crews from the Sages of the Gemara to the Ragers on the Rail Noah Munro LehrmanENCORE “ALL THINGS RECONSIDERED”: REFLECTIONS ON PHISH AND JEWISHNESS13. “Yerushalayim Shel Zahav” Comes to Phish: An Interview with Shirley Halperin14. Bringing Phish to the Holy Land: An Interview with Rachel Loonin Steinerman15. Blessed by Bass: An Interview with Marc Brownstein16. Becoming the General of Jam: An Interview with Jonathan Schwartz17. Mike’s Corner Reprise: An Interview with Mike GordonAfterword Dean BudnickList of ContributorsIndex

Oren Kroll-Zeldin is Assistant Director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice and Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco.Ariella Werden-Greenfield is Associate Director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and Special Advisor on Antisemitism at Temple University.

“Readers of This Is Your Song Too will gain a more nuanced, appreciative understanding of both Jewish and Phish communities, with their deep histories, their varied constituencies, and their rich implications for identity formation—whether readers are insiders to these communities or outsiders looking in with interest.”—Dr. Jnan A. Blau, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, California Polytechnic State University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONThe People of the Helping Friendly Book Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-GreenfieldSET 1 “SHARING IN THE GROOVE”: PHISH AND JEWISH CULTURE1. From Summer Camp to Summer Tour: Phish and the Cultivation of Jewish Cultural Identity Oren Kroll-Zeldin2. Performing Jewish Identity and Community Through Phish’s “Avenu Malkenu” Jacob A. Cohen3. “Finest in the Nation”: The Food of Phish and the Jewish Experience Evan S. Benn4. Exploring Jewishness and Queerness on Phish’s Dance Floor Isaac Kandall Slone5. I’ve Been Wading in the Whitest Sea: Reflections on Race, Judaism, and Phish Caroline Rothstein6. “Feeling Weightless in the Sea”: Phish and Overcoming Cancer Benjamin DavidSET 2 GOD ON TOUR: JUDAISM AND THE LIVE PHISH EXPERIENCE7. Beyond “Avenu Malkenu”: Fan Responses to Sacred Music in Phish’s Musical Canon Ariella Werden-Greenfield8. “All Times and Seasons Are the Reasons”: How Phish Brought America to Shul Mike Greenhaus9. “Where the People Come to Pray”: Sacred Pilgrimage and Communal Rejoicing from the Ancient Temple in Jerusalem to YEMSG Jessy Dressin10. “Pull This Timber ‘fore the Sun Go Down”: The Joys and Questions of Shabbat Observance at Phish Josh Fleet11. Phish Jews: Improvisation as Religious Orientation Joshua S. Ladon12. Tour and Torah: Jews and Crews from the Sages of the Gemara to the Ragers on the Rail Noah Munro LehrmanENCORE “ALL THINGS RECONSIDERED”: REFLECTIONS ON PHISH AND JEWISHNESS13. “Yerushalayim Shel Zahav” Comes to Phish: An Interview with Shirley Halperin14. Bringing Phish to the Holy Land: An Interview with Rachel Loonin Steinerman15. Blessed by Bass: An Interview with Marc Brownstein16. Becoming the General of Jam: An Interview with Jonathan Schwartz17. Mike’s Corner Reprise: An Interview with Mike GordonAfterword Dean BudnickList of ContributorsIndex

Oren Kroll-Zeldin is Assistant Director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice and Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco.Ariella Werden-Greenfield is Associate Director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History and Special Advisor on Antisemitism at Temple University.

“Readers of This Is Your Song Too will gain a more nuanced, appreciative understanding of both Jewish and Phish communities, with their deep histories, their varied constituencies, and their rich implications for identity formation—whether readers are insiders to these communities or outsiders looking in with interest.”—Dr. Jnan A. Blau, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, California Polytechnic State University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTIONThe People of the Helping Friendly Book Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-GreenfieldSET 1 “SHARING IN THE GROOVE”: PHISH AND JEWISH CULTURE1. From Summer Camp to Summer Tour: Phish and the Cultivation of Jewish Cultural Identity Oren Kroll-Zeldin2. Performing Jewish Identity and Community Through Phish’s “Avenu Malkenu” Jacob A. Cohen3. “Finest in the Nation”: The Food of Phish and the Jewish Experience Evan S. Benn4. Exploring Jewishness and Queerness on Phish’s Dance Floor Isaac Kandall Slone5. I’ve Been Wading in the Whitest Sea: Reflections on Race, Judaism, and Phish Caroline Rothstein6. “Feeling Weightless in the Sea”: Phish and Overcoming Cancer Benjamin DavidSET 2 GOD ON TOUR: JUDAISM AND THE LIVE PHISH EXPERIENCE7. Beyond “Avenu Malkenu”: Fan Responses to Sacred Music in Phish’s Musical Canon Ariella Werden-Greenfield8. “All Times and Seasons Are the Reasons”: How Phish Brought America to Shul Mike Greenhaus9. “Where the People Come to Pray”: Sacred Pilgrimage and Communal Rejoicing from the Ancient Temple in Jerusalem to YEMSG Jessy Dressin10. “Pull This Timber ‘fore the Sun Go Down”: The Joys and Questions of Shabbat Observance at Phish Josh Fleet11. Phish Jews: Improvisation as Religious Orientation Joshua S. Ladon12. Tour and Torah: Jews and Crews from the Sages of the Gemara to the Ragers on the Rail Noah Munro LehrmanENCORE “ALL THINGS RECONSIDERED”: REFLECTIONS ON PHISH AND JEWISHNESS13. “Yerushalayim Shel Zahav” Comes to Phish: An Interview with Shirley Halperin14. Bringing Phish to the Holy Land: An Interview with Rachel Loonin Steinerman15. Blessed by Bass: An Interview with Marc Brownstein16. Becoming the General of Jam: An Interview with Jonathan Schwartz17. Mike’s Corner Reprise: An Interview with Mike GordonAfterword Dean BudnickList of ContributorsIndex