Comments on: Just a reminder…

By: Attila

Attila — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 21:55:55 +0000

Actually, Adam Sandler (or someone appearing to be the man) has posted the lyrics himself. I had a post about this around 10 days ago. The link to the lyrics and the reason for my post are there, along with the Tom Lehrer Hanukkah lyrics.

By: norton

norton — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:59:59 +0000

Here’s a link to a better deciphering job: http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Adam-Sandler/Chanunak-Song.html

By: Wallace

Wallace — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:46:16 +0000

The famous Jewish men listed are obviously quite successful in many diverse fields too, if you read the accompanying Google text linked Ad’s to the right you’ll learn that Robert Redford has a furniture line:

Robert Redford

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Happy Hanukkah to all!

By: Silicon valley Jim

Silicon valley Jim — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:33:55 +0000

Thank you, Lefty. I’m not terribly concerned about Rod Carew’s religion, actually; I just remember reading something that said that the lyrics had that fact wrong. I may be remembering wrong, or whoever wrote what I read may be wrong.

By: Lefty

Lefty — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:02:10 +0000

Jim,

You are accurate W/R/T to Jewish law. However, culuturally, many Jews define themselves as “half-Jewish” when either of their parents is Jewish.

I believe Rod Carew went through the formal conversion process, but you can check me on that.

By: Silicon valley Jim

Silicon valley Jim — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:56:31 +0000

Help this poor Catholic out. The lyrics refer to a couple of folks as “half Jewish”. I had always thought that it was impossible to be half Jewish; if your mother was Jewish, you were Jewish, otherwise not (except for converts).

Also, I don’t think Rod Carew is Jewish, although his wife is and his daughter was.

By: JPS

JPS — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 15:51:27 +0000

Pablo,

I’m not Roger, but I’ll try:

For “James Concord Douglas,” read, “James Caan, Kirk Douglas.”

For “Ponoman,” read “Paul Newman.”

Makes a bit more sense this way, no? Phonetics are the bane of a lot of earnest stabs at lyric-decipherment, as in the famous Jimi Hendrix lyric, ” ‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy!”

By: Pablo

Pablo — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:41:05 +0000

Okay, Roger, help out this Gentile:

Who is James Concord Douglas ?

Who is Ponoman (or is it, as Google suggests, Ponaman)?

By: richard mcenroe

richard mcenroe — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:07:54 +0000

When You're In Love, The Whole World Is Jewish