I don’t know your life. I don’t know if Valentines Day is your favorite day of the year or if you are dreading it like the plague. I don’t know if you and your partner have been dating for a bajillion years or if you are going through the worst breakup of your life. Therefore, here is a quintessential selection of playlists for every occasion interspersed with some songs by my favorite Jewish and Israeli artists (and some Taylor Swift because I can’t make a playlist without her).
NJ indicates not a Jew so you can assume everyone else is Jewish and be impressed by my Jewish artistry knowledge.
I Don’t Need a [Wo]Man Because I Love Being Single
- Toy – Netta Barzili
- Dirty Work – Steely Dan
- You’re Just a Boy and I’m Kinda the Man – Maisie Peters NJ
- Woman – Kesha NJ
- Single Soon – Selena Gomez NJ
[S]he Cheated On Me and I Hate Them (And I’m Sad)
- You’re so Vain – Carly Simon
- Traitor – Olivia Rodrigo NJ
- So What – P!nk
- At Seventeen – Janis Ian
- Stick Season – Noah Kahan
I AM In Love (Heteronormative Version)
- על כל אלה (On All These Things) – Naomi Shemer
- The Rose – Bette Midler
- Because the Night – Patti Smith
- New Year’s Day – Taylor Swift NJ
- Nonsense – Sabrina Carpenter NJ
I AM In Love (AKA I Don’t Need a Man Because I AM Gay)
- על אהבות שלנו (About Our Love) – Ofra Haza
- We’re in Love – boygenius NJ
- Stay With Me – Sam Smith NJ
- We Fell in Love with October – girl in red NJ
- YOUTH – Troye Sivan
Girls Night Out!
- Only the Good Die Young – Billy Joel
- Bejewled – Taylor Swift NJ
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper NJ
- Stronger than Me – Amy Winehouse
- You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
Long Distance Relationships Suck
- Fomo – Yael Danon
- Come Back Be Here – Taylor Swift NJ
- Talking to Strangers – Maisie Peters NJ
- You’re the Reason I Come Home – Ron Pope NJ
- This Too Shall Pass – Danny Schmidt