Re: Cohan: not a Jew.

[alfesta <alfesta...>]

Hi There,

Many thanks for your quick response.
George M Cohan's name is mentioned 8 times in the book
THE JEWS OF TIN PAN ALLEY by Kenneth Aaron Kanter, so I presumed he was
Jewish.

Regards

Alf Keiles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Layman" <sandralayman (at) earthlink(dot)net>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Cohan: not a Jew.


> To be fair to George M., I thought I'd read many years ago an anecdote
about
> his trying to check into a fancy hotel once. Once the manager saw his
name,
> he was told that "your people" were not welcome there. Cohan supposedly
> replied with words to the effect of: "We were obviously both very
mistaken.
> I am not the Jew you think I am, and you are not the decent hotel I
thought
> you were."
>
> Or did I dream that up?
>
> sl
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Kfarcenter (at) aol(dot)com>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 9:48 AM
> Subject: Cohan: not a Jew.
>
>
> > George M. was Irish and purportedly an anti-Semite of the first order.
> >
> > Not a real live nephew of my Uncle Shlaime...
> >
> > Adam
> >
>
>


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