Cohen, who died Monday at age 82, was such a poet of modern Judaism that last year, when the Reform movement, the largest American denomination, published its first new prayer book for the High Holy Days since 1978, the rabbis who compiled it decided to print the lyrics to several of Cohen’s songs right alongside the Hebrew text.
Here are some of his works, from a Vietnam War protest song to his most recent album that came out this year, which gave new creative life to Jewish scripture and liturgy.
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