RE: Lenny Bruce on Jewishness

[Adrian Durlester <durleste...>]

And, to add to the story, Peter has started a bit of a Jewish rediscovery
these last few years. He appeared at the UAHC biennial in Dallas a few years
back, and then, luckily, I was able to arrange for Peter Yarrow and Debbie
Friedman to be the opening night headliners at the CAJE conference later the
following year (1998) in San Antonio. Since then, it seems he has been doing
more and more appearances in a Jewish context.

What about those of us who did grow up in NY and are Jewish, but don't live
there anymore?

Adrian

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Robert Cohen
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 1:03 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: Re: Lenny Bruce on Jewishness
>
>
> So far as I know, it goes (from L.B.):  If you live in New York, you're
> Jewish, even if you're not.  If you don't live in New York, you're not
> Jewish, even if you are.
>
> As it happens, one of my favorite *musical* example is Mary Travers (of
> Peter, Paul & Mary), who grew up in New York and has always
> seemed sort of
> an honorary Jew--did things for Hadassah (I think) and Soviet
> Jewry, at one
> point went out w/ a Reform rabbi (who, I believe, taught her Steve Sher's
> {"Dodi Li"), and, reportedly, used to urge Peter Yarrow, who *is* Jewish
> (and, OK, *also* grew up in NY), to be more so!
>
> Just idle thoughts, on top of George's -- rlc
>

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