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: "Bob Wiener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: Re: Cohan: not a Jew. > 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: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 > > > > ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
