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Some Peculiar Selections...

would this even be eligible?

Re: Some Peculiar Selections...

It could be eligible, but then I need to get every non-Jewish song blanked. To decide which songs are Jewish and not is a too heavy task for me, I would probably have to look up the ethnoreligious group of almost every artist.

Re: Some Peculiar Selections...

Funniest entry by far has to be White Christmas :-)

Re: Some Peculiar Selections...

No Spirit In The Sky?

Re: 100 Greatest Jewish Songs - Tablet Magazine

Henrik
It could be eligible, but then I need to get every non-Jewish song blanked. To decide which songs are Jewish and not is a too heavy task for me, I would probably have to look up the ethnoreligious group of almost every artist.


Most of this list is going by artist though, but is songwriter-based. Judy Garland wasn't Jewish, but Harold Arlen was. Beck is a well-known Scientologist. If you disregard songwriting credits & traditional anthems, the list gets shorter.


3. “Highway 61 Revisited” (1965) - Bob Dylan
6. “My Mammy” (1918) - Al Jolson
14. “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976) - Ramones
17. “In My Country There Is Problem (Throw the Jew Down the Well)” (2004) - Sasha Baron Cohen
20. “I’m Against It” (1932) - The Marx Brothers
22. “If I Were a Rich Man” (1964) - Zero Mostel
23. “Oseh Shalom” (1974) - Nurit Hirsh
25. “Hallelujah” (1981) - Leonard Cohen
32. “I Wanna Be Black” (1978) - Lou Reed
36. “The Way We Were” (1973) - Barbara Streisand
41. “Some of These Days” (1910) - Sophie Tucker
45. “Talkin’ Hava Negiliah Blues” (1963) - Bob Dylan
53. “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” (1987) - Beastie Boys
58. “Hallelujah” (1979) - Gali Atari and Milk & Honey
60. “America” (1980) - Neil Diamond
61. “You’re So Vain” (1972) - Carly Simon
64. “Popcorn” (1969) - Gershon Kingsley
66. “Yo Ya” (1973) - Poogy
67. “The Chanukah Song” (1994) - Adam Sandler
68. “Copacabana” (1978) - Barry Manilow
69. “Je T’aime … Moi Non Plus” (1969) - Serge Gainsborough
74. “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp)” (1963) - Allan Sherman
76. “Still Crazy After All These Years” (1975) - Paul Simon
79. “King Without a Crown” (2004) - Matisyahu
81. “Ray of Light” (1998) - Madonna
83. “Rehab” (2006) - Amy Winehouse
85. “Rock and Roll All Nite” (1975) - KISS
86. “They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore” (1974) - Kinky Friedman
87. “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)” (1977) - Billy Joel
90. “Funkytown” (1980) - Lipps, Inc.
93. “I’ve Gotta Be Me” (1968) - Sammy Davis Jr.
94. “Neighborhood Bully” (1983) - Bob Dylan
95. “Eli’s Coming” (1968) - Laura Nyro
98. “Dixie Flyer” (1988) - Randy Newman

Re: 100 Greatest Jewish Songs - Tablet Magazine

VanillaFire1000
Henrik
It could be eligible, but then I need to get every non-Jewish song blanked. To decide which songs are Jewish and not is a too heavy task for me, I would probably have to look up the ethnoreligious group of almost every artist.


Most of this list is going by artist though, but is songwriter-based.
Yeah, I thought so. That makes the eligible/ineligible categorization for all songs not on the list even more difficult. It just won't be done I think.