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P.F. Sloan Reveals the Jewish Origins of 'Eve of Destruction'

Steven Rosen, Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, 2006

'EVE OF DESTRUCTION', the famous folk-rock-protest hit record from 1965, isn't usually regarded as a specifically Jewish song. Or even a religious one, for that matter.

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