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Steven Hassan

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Boom. What was the original pronunciation?

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Well, my understanding is back in the old days.

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It was Sam the Butcher and Joe the Barber.

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And my Greek grandfather was a chazan, which is a singer of holy songs,

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like a cantor would be the term now.

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And when my grandfather came to Ellis Island, he didn't speak English,

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and they wrote it up as H-A-S-S-A-N.

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And so I've lived my life being thought of as an Arab,

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being persecuted at times by Jews.

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I'm actually Jewish, and I belong to a Jewish.

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The Jews persecuted you?

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I've had experiences where people made, yes.

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Because of your name?

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Because of the spelling of my name.

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And did you have to let them, hey, you asshole, I'm one of you.

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Well, first I'd say, you know, being a bigot,

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and then I'd say, by the way, I'm Jewish.

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What did they say?

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I'm so sorry.

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They would look at me, and then they'd say, you don't look Sephardic.

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