Re: Julio Inglesias Jewish?

[jbgordon <jbgordon...>]

does Julio Inglesias go to shul?  Now that would be worth noting, or
maybe not.
Pardon my ranting.But, if we are talking about ethnic heritage it
reminds me of the dumb racial ideas so-called scientists promoted in the
30's both in Germany and elsewhere, including the US of A.. Now people
are talking about how interesting that so many prominent singers have
Jewish ethnic strains.  So?  three quarters of their parentage may be
Finnish.  Is that significant? Which do you think is  dominant? Is being
Jewish a superior racial strand that dominates others, or does it infect
the others?
Really, that is where this discussion goes, as far as I can see.
Only if the person somehow carries on or contribute to the culture of
the Ethnic minority they come from is it worthy of mention.  Like
Streisand studying Yiddish at Yivo.
It really seems so naive to take ethnic pride in Elvis' mother.  Loz
mich. Like the Russian Communists who claimed that every great
scientific discovery was really made by People's Scientists. The world
is largely not Jewish, and it is our pride is to be culture bearers of
our own music. As to assimilated Jews gaining fame,  what is its
importance?  Easy come, easy go.
It is really hot here, or else why would I be so incensed?  Anyway,  I
am worried about
shallow racial ideas we have about  the world. jonathan gordon


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