08/13/2026
What do “Gilligan’s Island,” “The Brady Bunch,” “M*A*S*H” and “Cheers” have in common? Mark Kreditor started digging into the people behind the familiar TV theme songs of his youth — and found Jewish stories everywhere he looked.
For Kreditor, those musical rabbit holes have become a way to entertain, teach and connect with people, from his programs on Jews and popular culture to the sing-alongs he leads for residents at The Legacy Midtown Park.
Read our profile of Kreditor and the Jewish stories he finds in the music.
Kreditor will present a free program on Jews and television theme songs at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Congregation Shearith Israel.
Kreditor finds Jewish stories in the music By Sharon Wisch-Ray If there is a classic television theme song from the 1960s, ’70s or ’80s that wasn’t written by a Jew, […]
