RE: Julio Inglesias Jewish?

[Jonathan Schorsch <jonjack...>]

Oooops.  So sorry; I meant Paula Abdul, Paula Abdul.  (Boy, this is one
topic you don't want to make a mistake in.)

Jonathan


At 08:55 AM 7/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Yes, Mariah Carrey's parents are Syrian Jews, from what I've heard and read.
>
>As to Julio Iglesias, sans other evidence, a high Christian name DOES NOT
>indicate Jewishness.  Many Christian Spaniards were/are devoted enough to
>their religion to choose high Christian names as well, as any glance at
>historical Spanish names will tell you.  Besides, just because some
>ancestor 400 years ago was forced to or chose to take on the name of
>Iglesias (=church) DOES NOT mean that the descendent 400 years later is
>Jewish.  (If it does, we need a racial definition of Jews, which was how
>the whole mess started to begin with...)
>
>Jonathan


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