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https://youtube/watch?v=d5K3UgrPdbQ Early 2014: I was denied membership to the Westside JCC. My maternal bloodline wasn’t Jewish. Apparently my dad wasn’t Jewish either. He misheard an uncle at a young age. This crisis was consuming my mental real estate. I confided in a friend. He recommended a good lawyer. “You’re a songwriter?” “Yes.” “Are you notable? You write using traditional song structure? You know, verse, chorus type stuff?” “Yes.” The lawyer looked up over his glasses. “I have good news. Deep in the membership legislation there’s a clause; it states that if you pen a Top 40 Christmas song, you’ll be granted immediate free lifetime membership. It’s considered the purest act of Judaism on earth. Irving Berlin (“White Christmas”), Mel Tormé (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”), Johnny Marks (“Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer”) . . . These are great Jews! — Jack Stratton (Vulf Records) i can get behind christmas music like this...
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:32:37 +0000

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