Article: Springstein? No, Springsteen.(TOP TEN NON-JEWS OFTEN MISIDENTIFIED AS JEWS)

Bruce Springsteen

Can you hear us, the many rock fans who assume that he's Jewish? That's Springsteen--"stepping stone" in old Dutch--not Springstein. Adding to confusion is Springsteen's famous nickname, "The Boss," which he earned in 1960s New Jersey because he was often in charge of distributing payment from gigs to his bandmates.

Charlie Chaplin

The Nazis included this international superstar of the silent film era in their 1930s propaganda compendium, Juden Sehen Dich An (The Jews Are Watching You). Plus Chaplin's 1940 film, The Great Dictator, indicted fascism and underscored Jewish suffering at a time when the United States was still ...

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