Jamaican Jews

by J.R. Antrim | 2006-08-16

Jamaican Jews perplex me.

Because I never see Jewish Jamaicans:

Snakes on a Plane Reference Here
Samuel L. Jackson in: Snakes On My Head

...I only see Jamaican Jews:

Sean Paul, aka the Zion Lion. No seriously. That's what he calls himself.
Sean Paul, aka the Zion Lion. No, seriously.

And you wouldn't think there'd be that much of a difference.

I'm going to start my own Jewish Jamaican band. Watch for our first big single in 2007: Jahva Nagila.

Update: 2006-09-23

One reader wrote in to ask:

You have heard of Matisyahu, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matisyahu

He looks like a Jew, but sings like a Jamaican.

- G.

I've heard of him. He's close, but no cigar. I almost went with Matisyahu instead of Sean Paul. Too bad he's not Jamaican.

Now what'd really be fun is if someone could produce evidence of a black guy with dredlocks and a yamika who sings traditional Hebrew songs.

Anyone?

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