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: "George Robinson" <grcomm (at) concentric(dot)net>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Cohan: not a Jew.


> You mean like Cole Porterovsky?
> g
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>  "To announce that there must be no criticism
> of the president, or that we are to stand by
> the president, right or wrong, is not only
> unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
> to the American public."
>    --Theodore Roosevelt
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Wiener" <wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 2:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Cohan: not a Jew.
>
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> > Curiouser and curiouser.
> >
> > "Ethel Levey was born Ethelia Fowler in 1881.  She grew up in San
> Francisco
> > to Scottish and Irish parents.  She later adopted the name Levey from
her
> > Jewish step-father, Sol Levey."
> > http://members.tripod.com/davecol8/id19.htm
> >
> >
> > But (assuming this is all true) I doubt that even the most "liberal"
rabbi
> > would call George M. Cohan Jewish by association -- that is, by marriage
> to
> > a woman whose step-father was Jewish.  Then again, if Ethel Levey
> converted
> > to Judaism (although I've come across no evidence of that -- a mere name
> > change wouldn't do it), according to all rabbis, George M. Cohan's
> children
> > would have been Jewish at birth.
> >
> >
> > In conclusion, I'd say that not every great American Broadway/popular
> > songwriter has to be Jewish.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <SICULAR (at) aol(dot)com>
> > To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 1:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: Cohan: not a Jew.
> >
> >
> > > I don't know about any of this before today, but from that link it
looks
> > like his wife was Jewish judging from her name.
> > >
> > > -
> > > Eve
> >
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