Jew Corrupter: Songwriter Seth Swirsky

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Seth Swirsky

The house that Swirsky grew up in Great Neck, New York was once lived in by Rube Goldberg, famed for his complex devices which performed simple tasks in convoluted and indirect ways.

Seth Swirsky is married to Jody Gerson, who is President of Sony Music Publishing and a movie producer (Drumline, ATL). In 2009, she was named the 3rd most powerful woman in the music business by Billboard Magazine.[31] Her father, Charles Gerson, was the owner of the legendary Philadelphia nightclubs, the Latin Casino and Emerald City. Swirsky's mother Joan is the author of twelve books on an array of subjects. Seth and Jody have three children.

Feb 11, 2009
Us vs. Them

What most in the western world -- certainly not liberals -- do not understand is that Israel, the United States, France, Great Britain and now Iraq and Afghanistan are all part of the same, important idea: that all men are created equally and born to live freely.

Iran, North Korea, the Taliban, Hamas, Fatah, al Qeada, Hugo Chavez, Syria etc., do not believe in this idea.

It's us vs. them. It's really very simple. The ones who want to live in freedom vs. the ones who do not want us to live in freedom. So, when Israel gets bombs lobbed at its cities every single day and it stands up for itself, it's a blow against all of those who want freedom-lovers dead. When Iraqis vote, it's a blow against those who want totalitarianism.

Obama doesn't get this. Since January 20, 2009, have we gained or receded against the enemies of freedom? With Obama's appeasement agenda, practically begging Iran for a sit down, the answer, is disturbingly clear.

http://seth.com/sethblogarchives/2009/0 ... .html#more

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Let's build a huge wall around Seth's house and not let food or medical supplies in and see how he likes it.

Posted by: Bill at February 13, 2009 12:38 PM

"Let's build a huge wall around Seth's house and not let food or medical supplies in and see how he likes it."

Um, "Seth" isn't sending teenagers, strapped with bombs, into other people's homes, blowing them up!

Israel wouldn't have to have built a wall, if suicide bombing Palestinians weren't killing innocent Israelis. But, being on the Left, I understand your moral confusion. It's in your DNA.

Furthermore, this report from the AP today:

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Medicine bottles, transferred to the Gaza Strip as humanitarian aid BY ISRAEL (my caps), were used by Hamas as grenades against IDF troops during Operation Cast Lead. Pictures of the grenades were obtained exclusively by The Jerusalem Post.

The medicine bottles were manufactured by the Jerusalem Pharmaceutical Company, which is based in el-Bireh, a town adjacent to Ramallah, and the global pharmaceutical company Shire.

The medicine bottles were filled with explosives, holes were drilled in the caps, and fuses were installed. Once Hamas fighters lit the fuses, they had several seconds to throw the grenades at soldiers. The IDF also found small explosive devices that used medical syringes to hold their fuses.
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But, go ahead Bill, don't let me get in the way of you standing with Hamas!

Posted by: seth at February 13, 2009 6:43 PM

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Recent film on the Beatles:

http://www.seth.com/movie_a_year_in_the_life.html

Israeli Firster Articles:
http://www.seth.com/sethblogarchives/blog/index.html

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Game during Kol Nidre earns Shawn Green a strike
by seth swirsky

In professional baseball's 135-year history, there have been, at last count, 143 Jewish ballplayers. Yet only two of them are bona fide superstars: the great slugger, Hank Greenberg, who played from 1930-47, and the game's greatest left-handed pitcher, Sandy Koufax, 1955-1966 (along, that is, with Lefty Grove).

So it's extremely rare when a Jewish baseball player reaches the status where he makes headlines based on whether he plays ball on Yom Kippur.

Los Angeles Dodger slugger Shawn Green faced that decision this past weekend as the holiday fell on two of the first three games of the most important series of the year, against the San Francisco Giants. With the Dodgers leading by only 1 games so late in the season, every pitch — and every hit — meant something.

In 2001, I wrote to Green asking him why, in the recent past, he had chosen not to play baseball on Yom Kippur. The letter was included in my book "Something to Write Home About," which consists of handwritten letters from baseball players answering questions about their lives on and off the field. This was Green's inspiring response:

"Though I didn't grow up in a religious household, I was raised with a strong sense of identity. I was a huge baseball fan, just like lots of kids. At the time I was growing up, there really weren't any well-known Jewish players (at least as far as I knew). I was, however, very aware of Greenberg and Koufax and the tremendous role models they were for Jewish people everywhere.

"As my baseball career progressed, I always remembered the decisions that the two greatest Jewish ballplayers made, and I told myself that if I was ever in their position to, in any way, fill that role, I would. Thus, I feel a strong responsibility to make the right choices when it comes to such topics as not playing on Yom Kippur. I'm not trying to be 'the next Greenberg or Koufax,' but I am trying to do my part as a Jewish ballplayer."

Considering his response to me, I must say I was a bit disheartened by Green's decision to play in a game that fell on Yom Kippur this year — during the Friday night Kol Nidre service.

Even though Green is not (yet) at the magnitude of Greenberg or Koufax, he had a unique chance to do something meaningful by sitting out both games of this extremely important series, honoring the meaning and tradition of Yom Kippur over a win or a loss. He had the opportunity to make a powerful statement to Jews and non-Jews alike, who would have taken notice of and respected his sacrifice.

While he decided he'd play on the first night of the holiday (and, in fact, hit the game-winning home run) but go to synagogue the next day instead of playing in the second important game, Green's parsed decision is disappointing. He said he agonized over his responsibilities to his teammates on the one hand, and his respect for his religion on the other. Yet, Koufax — a much more prominent player for the Dodgers than Green is to them at this point in his career — didn't agonize over his decision to sit out Game 1 of the 1965 World Series in which he was scheduled to pitch. He just did it.

Greenberg never considered playing for his Detroit Tigers in the stretch run of the 1934 season. Rather, he honored the tradition of the most important Jewish observance of the year and sent a message to millions of people across America: Jewish traditions are non-negotiable. This is important because our traditions are a central facet in binding together the world's minute Jewish population.

Green had a great opportunity — considering the magnitude of the sacrifice he could have made — to truly show the younger generation of Jewish kids and reaffirm for older Jews that, indeed, tradition matters. It is so rare when the actions of a Jew have such a spotlight on them that his refusal to play on Yom Kippur would have made an important statement: Some things are simply more important than others. Unfortunately, Green didn't want to step all the way up to the plate.

The decision Green made, given that he was born in 1972 during the rise of the "me generation," speaks for itself in his statement last week: "I just had to do what I feel is right and what's most consistent with my beliefs. Everyone has different ways of expressing their beliefs. For me as a Jewish person and a teammate, I feel that this is the right decision for me."

Green is a very well-meaning guy whose religious beliefs matter to him. But, I hope the next time he is in this position, he goes all the way and doesn't play baseball during any portion of Yom Kippur. It would be a truly inspiring expression of faith. Koufax and Greenberg are still being cited for the moral choices they made 39 and 70 years ago, respectively, because they knew, instinctively and unequivocally, what the right thing to do was. Green's heart is in the right place. I hope his priorities are fully there if this conflict arises again. Then, in the tradition of Koufax and Greenberg, he undoubtedly would be doing his part as a Jewish ballplayer.

Seth Swirsky is the author of three books consisting of his correspondences with baseball players. A songwriter with EMI, he has a new album titled "Instant Pleasure."

http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/238 ... -a-strike/

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Songwriter Seth Swirsky

Songwriter
Gold single US

In 1980, at the age of 20, Seth Swirsky wrote the national jingle for Thomas' English Muffins.[1]

After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1982, Swirsky wrote the Grammy-nominated worldwide hit "Tell It To My Heart" with Ernie Gold for Taylor Dayne. The song was on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart for six months in 1988, reaching #7 (gold single pictured left).[2]

The song was also a #1 hit in Germany and Sweden and #3 in England. In 2002, Kelly Llorenna's version of the song went to #9 on the British charts. The song won Swirsky an ASCAP songwriter's award for being one of the most performed songs of the year. In 2006, the song was recorded by the Royal Gigolos and spent two weeks on the Swiss charts at #2.[3] It was featured as a clue in The New York Times crossword[4] in 1998.

Swirsky also wrote Dayne's follow-up top ten hit, "Prove Your Love," with Arnie Roman. That song was a #7 Billboard pop hit as well as a #1 dance hit.[2] It too was a top ten hit around the world, reaching #1 in Switzerland, #4 in Germany and #8 in England.

Swirsky wrote "Love Is a Beautiful Thing," which was recorded by Al Green for his 1993 album Your Heart's in Good Hands. The song also appears on his 2002 Love, The Essential Al Green Greatest Hits Collection. It was Green's last charted single (#56 in the UK). The song was originally written for and recorded by Charles and Eddie on their 1991 debut album, Duophonic. Al Green's version was featured in the movies The Pallbearer (1996), Sorority Boys (2002), Two Weeks Notice (2002) and The Cookout (2004). Krystal Harris sang it for the movie Legally Blonde in 2001. Al Green's version was also used as Revlon's theme song in their international ad campaign in 2004. Through his own ad libs during the song, Al Green acknowledges that "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" summed him up the most: nine seconds into the song Green says "This is what I believe". Then, near the end (at 4 minutes and 43 seconds), over the music he sings the titles of 6 of his own biggest hit songs: "Let's Stay Together" (which he sings twice), "Still In Love With You", "Call Me", "For the Good Times", "Tired of Being Alone" and "Here I Am". Tina Turner's version of "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" was on the 5-million selling Princess Diana Tribute Album in 1997. On a trivial note, the song was Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston's wedding song.

Swirsky also composed "Instant Pleasure" for Rufus Wainwright, which was featured in Adam Sandler's biggest grossing movie, Big Daddy (1999). The song also charted with Rockell in 2000. He wrote "Did You Give Enough Love" with Arnie Roman for Celine Dion (a top 20 song in Canada), "Tear it Up" with Gardner Cole for Michael McDonald, "After All" for Air Supply, "Not Gonna Be the One" for Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits album, Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992 (which reached #2 in Australia and #12 in the UK) and "Christmas Lullaby" for Faith Evans. He also wrote (with Jack Ponti) the hit "Hard On Me" for the late 1980s German heavy metal band, Bonfire.[5] Others he has written songs for include Jane Weidlin of The Go-Go's, Peter Allen, Lara Fabian, The Four Tops, The Spinners, Deniece Williams, Brenda K. Starr, Trey Lorenz, Melissa Manchester, Rita Coolidge, Exposé, Wild Orchid and many others.

While he writes most of his songs on his own, during his career he has collaborated with Eric Carmen of The Raspberries, David Pack of Ambrosia, Marshall Crenshaw, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Cy Curnin of The Fixx, Eric Schenkman of Spin Doctors, Michael Bolton, Natalie Merchant, Jim Ellison of Material Issue, Gerry Goffin, and Steve Kipner among others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Swirsky

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Let's build a huge wall around Seth's house and not let food or medical supplies in and see how he likes it.

hahahahaha

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Good find, CSR.
Your scumbag radar is working well.