The press is making a big deal these days about Neil Sedaka “embracing his roots” and all that, but did he think he was fooling anybody in the first place? He always seemed like the Heeb Johnny Mathis to us. Anyway, on June 3 at Carnegie Hall, Uncle Neil will be baring his Yiddish soul for the first time since his sang “My Yiddishe Mama” on The Ed Sullivan Show several decades ago. Can’t make it? His self-produced CD of shtetl classics, Brighton Beach Memories is available at http://www.neilsedaka.com/