[78-L] Harry James - Jewish?

[David Lennick]

Helen Forrest was Jewish. Ziggy Elman was Jewish (no kidding!). Benny Goodman was Jewish. I've heard it claimed that Woody Herman was Jewish. Harry James..no way, although he absorbed the Klezmer idiom nicely.

 

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> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:32:56 +0200
> From: saag at telia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] Harry James - Jewish?
> 
> Claims are made, in various places on the net, that Harry James was Jewish.
> AFAIK his father was a Catholic and Harry was put in a Catholic school. 
> His mother, Maybelle, was born Stewart in Michigan in 1891.
> Does anyone know of a source that confirms the Jewish ancestry?
> Kristjan
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