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  • Irving Berlin, born Israel Baline, could not read music.

    The Entertainers 2009

  • The great Irving Berlin born Israel Baline in Russia towers above a marginal figure like Ayn Rand.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Was Ayn Rand the Most Influential Russian Immigrant to the United States? 2009

  • Israel Baline is known to most of us as Irving Berlin, and he wrote "God Bless America" in 1918.

    Karen Stabiner: Forget Hockey: Where Does Sarah Palin Stand on Baseball? 2008

  • Begin with one ironic fact: At summer camps across the country, all-American boys and girls roast marshmallows, belt out the national anthem, salute Old Glory-and stage musicals produced by the likes of Israel Baline, Jacob and Israel Gershowitz and Asa Yoelson (better known as Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin and Al Jolson).

    How Jews Play the Part: Assimilation with a Score 2004

  • Almost everyone knows that America's most popular secular seasonal song ever, "White Christmas," was written by Irving Berlin, whose Jewish parents transported young Israel Baline from Siberia to the Lower East Side some 50 years earlier.

    NYDN Rss DAVID HINCKLEY 2011

  • "White Christmas," probably the most famous of all secular Christmas songs, was, after all written by the Jewish songwriter Irving Berlin (born Israel Baline).

    Expecting Rain Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif 2010

  • "White Christmas," probably the most famous of all secular Christmas songs, was, after all written by the Jewish songwriter Irving Berlin (born Israel Baline).

    Expecting Rain Folk Roots/Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif 2010

  • Israel Baline (Irving Berlin) wrote in his song a tribute to his adopted country in 1918, the words that bear remembering and which was first sung on Armistice Day 1938 by Kate Smith, let me also say: GOD BLESS AMERICA!

    magic-city-news.com 2009

  • Israel Baline (Irving Berlin) wrote in his song a tribute to his adopted country in 1918, the words that bear remembering and which was first sung on Armistice Day 1938 by Kate Smith, let me also say: GOD BLESS AMERICA!

    magic-city-news.com 2009

  • Israel Baline (Irving Berlin) wrote in his song a tribute to his adopted country in 1918, the words that bear remembering and which was first sung on Armistice Day 1938 by Kate Smith, let me also say: GOD BLESS AMERICA!

    magic-city-news.com 2009

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