RE: Julio Inglesias Jewish?

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Ahem, I believe this is called begging the question--or, in idiomatic terms, 
circular reasoning.  If you can identify someone as a "Spanish Jew," then 
you don't need proof of their Jewishness!


>From: Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl (at) flash(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: Julio Inglesias Jewish?
>Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 12:58:09 -0400
>
> >Though Julio Iglesias may not be Jewish, it was very common that Spanish 
>Jews
> >changed their names to 'overtly' Christian names so as not to be suspect 
>when
> >in fact they were secretly practicing Jewdaism.  "Iglesia" means church 
>in
> >Spanish.
>
>
>That's right Simon.   A Spanish Jew having such a name is almost enough 
>proof by itself of Jewishness.
>
>
>Reyzl
>
>
>
>


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