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- ↑ "Jewish Music businessmen". Jewish Biography. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ↑ Barbara Maranzani (2013). "Remembering Richie Havens: Ten Things You May Not Know About Woodstock — History in the Headlines". history.com. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ↑ Second Hand Songs Bensonhurst Blues
- ↑ Bloom, Nate (August 14, 2009). "Woodstock - The Jewish connection". The Jewish Standard .
Who's Artie Kornfeld? He's another Brooklyn/Queens Jew, born (1942) into a lower-middle-class family, who isn't all that religious in conventional terms but wears his Jewishness on his sleeve.
- ↑ Benarde, Scott R. (July 1, 2003). Stars of David: Rock'n'roll's Jewish Stories. Brandeis University Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-1584653035.
Four Jews organized the Woodstock Festival: Michael Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Rosenman
- ↑ LA Times May 22, 1998 Life After Woodstock by Jim Washburn
- ↑ Woodstock Story Artie Kornfeld, Father of Woodstock
- ↑ Woodstock Story Artie Kornfeld, Father of Woodstock
- ↑ McClatchy DC Woodstock: How pot-fueled talk led to greatest concert ever by Glenn Garvin
- ↑ Watch BoOm. SEX, DRUGS & ROCK ‘N ROLL…40 years later by James Earle
- ↑ "Tuesdays at 10pm Eastern". Artistfirst.com. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ↑ "On Woodstock's 45th anniversary, a look back at its Delray resident creator". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
- ↑ Discogs The Changin' Times - Discography
- ↑ 45Cat Artie Kornfeld – Discography
- ↑ Discogs Artie Kornfeld Tree, The – A Time To Remember!
