Frank Sinatra's Love Affair With Jews

“Sinatra’s Century: One Hundred Notes on the Man and His World,” by the American Jewish poet and anthologist David Lehman, will appear in time for the centenary of Ol’ Blue Eyes, on December 12. The icon who belted out “Come Fly With Me,” “The Lady Is a Tramp,” “My Kind of Town,” and “New York, New York ” is also known for his closeness to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Lehman does not gloss over some of the rougher sides of the Sinatra life and legacy. Recently, The Forward’s Benjamin Ivry spoke with Lehman about Francis Albert and all that jazz.