Re: Julio Inglesias Jewish?

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

It seems to me that there is more to making Jewish music than having a
Jewish name (or parents with Jewish names) -- whatever definition we
use.  I think that the fact that lineage will suffice for being Jewish
leads to that flawed notion and "Jewish music" projects such as the
list  below, the "Stars of David" CD-rom and Theresienstadt composer
series that include pieces before and after the Shoah that have
nothing to do with Judaism.  It is of the same genre as "Bar Mitzvah
books" of Jewish Sports Heroes and Adam Sandler's song.

In fact, if Judaism really taught that Judaism is all about blood,
conversion would not be possible and it would feel racist to me.

That said, it is interesting that several of the list members below
have recorded music relevant to Judaism (e.g., Streisand's "Hatikvah"
and Jolson's "Kol Nidre").

Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Rogovoy <rogovoy (at) berkshire(dot)net>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Friday, July 02, 1999 9:00 AM
Subject: RE: Julio Inglesias Jewish?


>> Van Halen too?
>
>ex-lead singer David Lee Roth, a Jew.
>
>> Blondie?
>
>lead singer Debbie Harry=Debbie Harari, a Sephardic Jew (?)
>
>
>>
>> The Jewish Telegraphic Agency recently wrote that Mel Torme, who
>> just died
>> was Jewish.   Never knew that.
>>
>>    "Torme, who died Saturday at 73 of complications from a stroke
he
>>    suffered in 1996, was born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents
on
>>    Chicago's South Side.
>>
>>    Immigration officials had changed the family's name from Torma
to
>>    Torme.
>>
>>    In an interview some years ago, the singer recalled that he and
his
>>    family would sit on the front stoop after Sabbath dinner and
sing
>>    for the neighbors."
>>
>>
>> Here is the list at the Zipple site:
>>
>> --------------------FORWARD---------------------------
>> OK...So it may not be "Jewish Music"! But, they are Jewish and they
>> are creating music!!
>>
>> Paul[a] Abdul
>> Stan Getz
>> Mandy Patinkin
>> Herb Albert
>> Go Go's
>> Pearl Jam
>> Burt Bacharach
>> Benny Goodman
>> Jan Peerce
>> The Bangles
>> Eydie Gorme
>> Itzhak Perlman
>> Irving Berlin
>> Guns and Roses
>> Phish
>> Victor Borge
>> Sheldon Harnick
>> Porno for Pyros
>> Beastie Boys
>> Richard Hell
>> Poster Children
>> Blondie
>> Iggy Pop
>> Elvis Presley
>> Blue Oyster Cult
>> Julio Inglesias
>> The Ramones
>> Blur
>> Billy Joel
>> Red Hot Chili Peppers
>> Eddie Cantor
>> Al Jolson
>> Lou Reed
>> The Clash
>> Dannny Kaye
>> Buddy Rich
>> Joe Cocker
>> Jerome Kern
>> Rogers & Hammerstein
>> Al Cohn
>> Carole King
>> David Lee Roth
>> Cy Coleman
>> KISS
>> Rush
>> Sammy Davis Jr.
>> The Knack
>> Adam Sandler
>> Depeche Mode
>> Lenny Kravitz
>> Neil Sedaka
>> Neil Diamond
>> Steve Lawrence
>> Artie Shaw
>> Dictators
>> Jerry Leiber
>> Dinah Shore
>> Dire Straits
>> Frank Loesser
>> Alan Sherman
>> Bob Dylan
>> Alan Jay Lerner
>> Simon and Garfunkel
>> Elastica
>> Lords of the New Church
>> Carly Simon
>> Mama Cass Elliot
>> Barry Manilow
>> Paul Simon
>> Michael Feinstein
>> Manfred Mann
>> Steely Dan
>> Eddie Fisher
>> Marc Bolan & T. Rex
>> Stephan Sondheim
>> Free
>> Tony Martin
>> Phil Spector
>> Bud Freeman
>> Jackie Mason
>> Barbara Streisand
>> Kenny G.
>> Bette Midler
>> Mel Torme
>> J. Geils Band
>> New York Dolls
>> Van Halen
>> Georgre Gershwin
>> Randy Newman
>> Weird Al Yankovic
>> Ira Gershwin
>> Phil Ochs
>> Paul Whiteman
>> Warren Zevon
>> =================================================================
>>
>>
>> Reyzl
>>
>>
>>
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