Tag: "Unlikely Jews"

Bet You Didn’t Know They Were Jewish #3

Bet You Didn’t Know They Were Jewish #3

Today’s Jew: Calls himself the worst nightmare of a prejudiced American Had a great-grandfather who ruled the Douala region of Cameroon in the late 19th century and was also a practicing Jew Claims to have uncovered proof that he is the great-great-great-grandson of Britain’s Queen Victoria Once played a James Bond villain Knows about life [...]

Bet You Didn’t Know They Were Jewish #2

Bet You Didn’t Know They Were Jewish #2

Today’s Jew: Was an American singer and actor. Sold over one billion records worldwide Made movies that were movies were very popular, and  “became a film genre of his own Served in the US army Met his wife when she was 14 and he was 24 Was referred to by conductor Leonard Bernstein as “the [...]

Bet You Didn’t Know They Were Jewish #1

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 [...]