Tagged Ezra Furman

Ezra Furman — a gender-bending, genre-crossing, observant Jewish rocker — is the next big thing

Ezra Furman wraps tefillin and reads Jewish philosophers while on tour. (Phil Sharp)

(JTA) — Ezra Furman is an acclaimed indie rocker who, while hanging on his tour bus, has been known to lay tefillin. Striking, too, is Furman’s typical getup: The singer and guitarist often eschews the standard millennial indie rocker uniform — skinny jeans, tight T-shirt — in favor of… Read more »