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 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: Cohan: not a Jew.


> Wasn't that "my uncle Shmuel?" It scans better.
> George (I didn't have an Uncle Shmuel, but that was my grandfather's name)
> Robinson
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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
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> From: <Kfarcenter (at) aol(dot)com>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 12:48 PM
> Subject: Cohan: not a Jew.
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> > George M. was Irish and purportedly an anti-Semite of the first order.
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> > Not a real live nephew of my Uncle Shlaime...
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> > Adam
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