The secret Jewish history of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra was a staunch supporter of Israel and wore a mezuzah.
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The Schmooze Frank Sinatra’s $10,000 Yarmulke – And The Story Behind It
(JTA) When a huge auction was held at Sotheby’s earlier this month of items belonging to Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara, the item that made the most headlines was one of the smallest: a hand-knit yarmulke, owned by Frank, which was purchased for nearly $10,000 by an unknown party. But untold, until now, was…
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Fast Forward Frank Sinatra’s Kippah Sells For Almost $10K
(JTA) — A hand-crocheted yarmulke that once belonged to Frank Sinatra sold at auction for nearly $10,000. The black kippah, with musical notes and “Frank” decorating its border, was auctioned off by Sotheby’s on Dec. 6 in New York as part its sale of items belonging to the estate of the singer’s late wife, Barbara….
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Culture Frank Sinatra’s Love Affair With the Jewish People
“Sinatra’s Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World,” by the American Jewish poet and anthologist David Lehman, will appear in time for the centenary of Ol’ Blue Eyes, on December 12. The icon who belted out “Come Fly With Me,” “The Lady Is a Tramp,” “My Kind of Town,” and “New York,…
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Culture What Bob Dylan Owes to Frank Sinatra — and Vice-Versa
In the summer of 1966, Frank Sinatra passed a baton to Bob Dylan. Not literally, of course: it’s hard to imagine, at that point in their lives, the two men being in the same physical space. Sinatra had been the most important figure in American popular music for twenty-five years: from his bobbysoxer days with…
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Culture When Dylan Does It Better Than Sinatra (Assuming You Don’t Care For Sinatra)
So you know where I’m coming from, I never got the whole Frank Sinatra thing. “On the Town?” Yeah, I liked that. “From Here to Eternity?” Sure, that too. But the whole tough guy “I’ll sock you in the jaw” persona has always been a turn-off. When Apple put him on its “Think Different” posters,…
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The Schmooze Ronan Farrow: Are Those Baby Blues Real?
Remember when everyone was in a tizzy over the possibility that Ronan Farrow could actually be Frank Sinatra’s son? Those bright baby blue eyes seemed to be the ultimate giveaway (Come on, no way Woody Allen passed those on.) Well, it seems that, contrary to Farrow’s now famous tweet, we’re not all possibly Frank Sinatra’s…
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Culture Frank Sinatra’s Busy Years
Long-dead singer admits through publicist that he fathered Ronan Farrow, Zosia Mamet, Allison Williams and Barbra Streisand.
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