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Schmelvis: In Search of Elvis Presley's Jewish Roots Paperback – May 1, 2002

by Jonathan Goldstein (Author), Max Wallace (Author)

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It may sound crazy, but Elvis Presley - that God-fearing, gospel-singing American pop icon - was a Jew. Maverick journalists and filmmakers Max Wallace and Jonathan Goldstein have proven it. Schmelvis: In Search of Elvis Presley's Jewish Roots is a behind-the-scenes account of their irreverent and witty film documentary. With the help of a Hasidic Jewish Elvis impersonator and an eccentric Orthodox Rabbi, they trace Elvis's Jewish roots, all the way to Israel. Next? Bring the good news back home to Graceland! This wacky crew pilots the "Winnebagel" on a pilgrimage down America's legendary Highway 61 to the home of the King, and along the way they share the startling truth with Elvis' own disciples, rednecks, truckers, white trash and plain old unsuspecting Americans. Schmelvis: In Search of Elvis Presley's Jewish Roots compiles the journals of the filmmakers, production logs, selections from the film script, trivia, and a private investigator's official report on Elvis's Jewish roots. Finally, it has Aunty Pearly's original recipe for kosher peanut butter and banana sandwiches: Elvis's favourite.

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208 pages
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English
Publisher

E C W Pr
Publication date

May 1, 2002
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6 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
ISBN-10

155022462X
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978-1550224627
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Jonathan Goldstein is a producer with This American Life on WBEZ Radio in Chicago. His first novel, Lenny Bruce is Dead, was published in March 2001 by Coach House Books. Last summer he traveled across Canada for a CBC radio show, road.com. He has written for Saturday Night, broken pencil, Exile, and blood and aphorisms.

About the Author

Jonathan Goldstein is the author of Lenny Bruce Is Dead, and is currently making waves as the host of the CBC Radio show Wire Taps. He lives in Montreal.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ E C W Pr; 0 edition (May 1, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 155022462X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1550224627
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches

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Elvis's Jewish Ancestry

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2012

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I found this book to be done in a frivolous manner even though it certainly is based on facts. Elvis and his Jewish ancestry certainly deserve to be treated with more honor and respect than I found in this lighthearted book.

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Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2015

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ntohing to do with elvis. there is a map of tiny islands near africa. on one lives someone who cares.

Give me back my penny.

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2015

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Don't waste your money on this clown book.

Elvis was Jewish

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2014

The above review is factually incorrect. Having a Jewish great-grandmother does make one Jewish, regardless of what religion the subject practices, if any. Elvis Presley's great-grandmother was, indeed, a Jewess; she married a non-Jewish man, as did their daughter. In turn, THEIR daughter, Gladys Love Smith, married Vernon Elvis Presley, a non-Jew; their sole offspring, Elvis Aaron (his middle name's original spelling) Presley, was Jewish. This is because Jewishness is transferred only through the mother; theoretically at least, if a person's lineage is verifiably descended from a Jewish woman even over a hundred generations, the person is Jewish, even if he has no other Jewish ancestors, and even if he is a practicing Christian.

Christina Anderegg

who would have guessed it?

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2002

I just finished reading Schmelvis, and, it really is a funny, clever little book. It's totally not your run-in-the-mill novel-- it reads like a travel log, with little tidbits from all the characters, and you really get to know them. It's sort of an anti-novel-- a story in search of a story. The characters are so hilariously believable, that you totally believe they have no idea what they're doing or thinking. It's got dialogues from the film, and the director's notes, and random other stuff, like an appendix called "who's who of famous jews." The book totally takes on this distinct personality-- like it's not about elvis presley at all, and not about a static answer, but more about the journey, the getting there. most of all, it made me laugh. i didn't really know what to expect when i picked it up, but this book is totally cool. haven't seen the film yet, but i totally want to now.

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