Irish tenor adopted by Yankees and disowned after anti-Semitic remark leaves NYC for Boston

Tenor adopted and disowned by Yankees leaving NYC

NEW YORK — Irish tenor Ronan Tynan says he’s leaving New York for Boston because he hasn’t been able to find work in the months since a woman accused him of making an anti-Semitic remark.

The New York Yankees dropped their long-standing tradition of having the 49-year-old singer perform “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch after the incident in October.

Tynan says other work has also dried up, and he’s gotten angry e-mails and death threats.

He says his reference to “two Jewish ladies” in his apartment building was mistaken for a slur.

Tynan has also sung at 9/11 memorials, for U.S. troops in Iraq and lately for the Anti-Defamation League, a group that fights anti-Semitism.

He says he will still rent an apartment in New York.

A Yankees spokeswoman says the team wishes him well.

Information from: The New York Times, www.nytimes.com