Re: Lists of Jewish Musicians


"Sacqueboutier" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 2008-02-29 15:17:12 -0500, weinhen <weinhen@xxxxxxx> said:

I guess I should be proud of my musical heritage:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_musicians

Some of the entries were quite surprising to me (eg, Monteux &
Gilels).


Andrew Weintraub

It would easier to list the musicians who are/were NOT Jewish.
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Kindest regards,
Don


Then there are some, like Ashkenazy, apparently, whose father was Jewish and
mother not. Which would make him NOT Jewish according to traditional Jewish
law (unless he converted, of course). Of course, Reform J has a different
slant on that.

Who cares, anyway? And why?


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