Friday, January 8, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Debbie Schlussel: Happy 75th, Elvis: Yes, 'The King' Was Jewish - '...today would have been Elvis Presley’s 75th Birthday. And much of Las Vegas and the rest of the strange but campy Elvis-lovin’ world is celebrating. That gives me this chance to repeat something I like to brag about as a proud Jewish American. While he was outwardly a practicing Christian, under Jewish law, “The King” was a Jew and he knew it. Yup, I’m sure that’ll give a huge heart attack to many in the White supremacist crowd. But he was one of us, not one of you. He even did what people stereotypically claim Jews do: Elvis got a nose job...'
