Schmelvis : in search of Elvis Presley's Jewish roots / Jonathan Goldstein & Max Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Jonathan, 1969-

Contributor:

Wallace, Max.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.

Schmelvis (Motion picture).

Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977--Humor.

Presley, Elvis.

Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977--Humour.

Physical Description:

199 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : ECW Press, [2002]

Summary:

It's a little-known fact, but Elvis Presley - the most Christian icon of American pop culture - was Jewish. Heading the cast in a documentary about Elvis's Jewish roots are a Hasidic Jewish Elvis impersonator who performs at senior citizens homes under the stage name Schmelvis and an eccentric Orthodox rabbi named Reuben Poupko. In the book, Schmelvis: The Jewish Roots of Elvis Presley, the films producers Max Wallace and Jonathan Goldstein take the reader behind the scenes to recreate the strange adventures involved in the making of the documentary that took cast and crew to Israel and Graceland. The book includes the following discoveries about Elvis's Jewish background: Elvis always wore a Jewish Chai pendant; he put a Star of David on his mothers headstone; he spent his teenage years living in a predominantly Jewish Memphis neighborhood; cantorial records may have influenced Elvis's singing style; as a young man, he had a nose-job to reduce the prominence of his Jewish nose.

ISBN:

155022462X :

OCLC:

46703188