Of all the genres of music perhaps Jazz has the most intriguing history as far as Jews are concerned. You might expect that given its origins, it was an Afro-American 'thing'. Well there's some nice trivia ahead, including Benny Goodman, Satchmo, Gershwin, and Cab Calloway.
The Chinese General and the Irish VC
Sometimes stories are so odd that you cannot believe them to be true – and yet they are.
Let's start with Morris Cohen Morris Abraham "Two-Gun" Cohen (1887 - 1970) was a Jewish soldier and adventurer who became aide-de-camp to the Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen and a major-general in the Chinese army. I bet you’ve never heard of him …..and for all his various adventures, he is buried in Blackley Cemetery in Manchester.
Let's start with Morris Cohen Morris Abraham "Two-Gun" Cohen (1887 - 1970) was a Jewish soldier and adventurer who became aide-de-camp to the Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen and a major-general in the Chinese army. I bet you’ve never heard of him …..and for all his various adventures, he is buried in Blackley Cemetery in Manchester.
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