Anyone familiar with Jewish Music knows that Jewish music occasionally “borrows” from its secular culture. There are parody groups such as Shlock Rock and Rechnitzer Rejects,¹ who perform with an obviously humorous, satirical, or educational purpose. Some bands blatantly use secular music ironically:

Then are the examples of outright plagiarism, the most notable one pointed out way back by Rabbi Avraham Bronstein²

Even the Hatikva, the Israeli National Anthem, appears to find its origins elsewhere:

And I’m sure my astute and cultured readers can drudge up other examples. But this begs the question if Jews borrow liberally from secular music, does the converse also hold true with non-Jews using “Jewish” music as well?³ Let’s take a look: