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Sinatra became friendly with Jewish individuals in his youth. His Jewish neighbor, Mrs. Golden, often babysat him while his mother was out working. She spoke to him in Yiddish and served him coffee cake and apples. [2] . For many years Sinatra wore a mezuzah charm that Golden had given him. [2] .
Frank Sinatra, who would have turned 105 today, sang Gershwin and Irving Berlin, was a staunch supporter of Israel and wore a mezuzah.
No, Frank Sinatra was not Jewish. He was an Italian Catholic kid from Hoboken, New Jersey, and this week, we mark the centennial of his birth. That said, Sinatra was a friend of the Jews,...
(My Way, lyrics by Paul Anka, famously performed by Frank Sinatra.) It was March, 1948 – in a few weeks, the State of Israel would declare its independence. The Haganah organization was working back channels in order to arm the Jewish population in what was still officially Mandatory Palestine.
To mark what would have been his centenary year, Frank Sinatra’s biographer reveals the extraordinary connection the singer had to Jews and Israel
In 1961 and 1962 he went to Mexico to put on performances for Mexican charities, and in July 1964 he was present for the dedication of the Frank Sinatra International Youth Center for Arab and Jewish children in Nazareth.
Well after Israeli independence was declared, Frank Sinatra would continue to accompany the young country for many years. And everything he did, he did with love. His way.
