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he '60s" producer Lynda
Obst thinks of Jewish singer-
songwriter Bob Dylan as her
inspiration — someone able
to connect art, politics and poetry in the
context of the pop culture. Here are
some other Jewish newsmakers who
grabbed headlines during the decade:

• Allen Ginsberg, poet, anti-war demon-
strator and drug advocate, writes Kaddish
(1961).

• Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles,
secures the Fab Four a record contract
with E.M.I. (May 1962). He dies of a
drug overdose in 1967.

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• Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose
(August 1962).

• Sherri Finkbine, rebuffed by U.S. doctors,
travels to Sweden to ger abortion of baby
deformed by thalidomide (1962).

• Richard Alpert is fired by Harvard
University for his LSD experiments (May
1963).

• Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs are hailed by
the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival (July
1963).

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• Sandy Koufax, baseball pitcher, helps
the Dodgers take the World Series in a
four-game sweep (October 1963).

• Jack Ruby kills alleged JFK assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald (November 1963).

• Betty Friedan, fighter for women's
causes, authors The Feminine _Mystique
(1963).

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• Jewish students at the University of
Michigan attend the nation's first staged
anti-war teach-in (March 1965).

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• Dr. Benjamin Spock is convicted of
conspiracy to counsel draft evaders (June
1968).

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• Henry Kissinger is named special assis-
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• Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns
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• Barbra Streisand wins an Oscar for Funny
Girl, a role she originated on Broadway in
1964 (March 1969).
• Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, charged
with "conspiracy to cite riot" following the
demonstrations during the 1968 Chicago
Democratic Convention, go to trial as part
of the Chicago Eight. (September 1969).

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