Question: are rodgers and hammerstein jewish?
Answer: Born into a prosperous German Jewish family in Arverne, Queens, New York City, Rodgers was the son of Mamie (Levy) and Dr. William Abrahams Rodgers, a prominent physician who had changed the family name from Rogazinsky. ... Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and later collaborator Oscar Hammerstein II all attended Columbia University.