Bet You Didn’t Know They Were Jewish #1

Introducing a new series on Israellycool, in which I post the identity of someone who is Jewish…and not obviously so.

But first I’ll begin with a couple of clues:

  • Is a two-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter
  • Has sold over 100 million records worldwide as of 2008
  • Kept his homosexuality secret due to worries over the effect it would have on his (Jewish) mother
  • Is known to be careless outside
  • You can call him Yorgos

And the mystery Jew is…..

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George Michael

See here.

About the Author

An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.

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  1. Anonymous says:

    I’m not at all sure that i would be proud to associate him with my faith… no pun intended

  2. Anonymous says:

    yeh, sometimes its better to keep the mistery heh

    search on latin jews and you will be surprised

  3. Anonymous says:

    This is a GREAT feature. Please keep it up! I do the same for my Russian Immigrant son. Interestingly most of the Russian immigrants I point to (famous) are ALSO Jewish! Hummm! See what Russia hath wrought! Or I should say the brain drain they have lost because of their governments!
    barb

  4. In Context says:

    I really didn’t

    Dave at Israelly Cool has a new feature up: Bet You Didn’t Know They Were Jewish. As in really, halachically Jewish (rather than, you know…

  5. Anonymous says:

    Wow I’m shocked! So that’s one major issue that would keep me from marrying him taken care of! The other being that I’m not a man…
    :-)

    He is my favorite singer! I’m even listening to him as I post this comment!

    And now, I love him even more!

    I just wish he would quit the drugs & tour in America!

    Thanx for this feature!

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