for a few seconds the song that house played on the piano, after the jewish part, looked like Joe Cocker's you are so beautiful.

Okay so i thought that i was such a pretty song but me being Jewish and all i had no idea what he was playing i think i was more in shock of what was going to happen in next weeks episode. OMG House stops breathing again. I'm really a big fan of the show though and Hugh Laurie cracks me up him and his sarcastic sense of humor

The song at the end was "Cuddy's Serenade". Hugh Laurie composed this song especially for Cuddy and the song played well with this episode so the producers added it. The serenade is a mix of songs but they all are different from the original versions and are combined into one big serenade.
♥huddyforever♥

I thought it was common knowledge that Cuddy was Jewish.

I might be done with House. He used to be a very interesting character and always left me wondering if he was really such a pain in the ass, etc. Now he's just mean. I don't even want him to explore a thing with Cuddy - he's a turd and she deserves so much better.

The whole Thirteen as the main focus of almost every story has dragged on too long.

I'm so disappointed in House. Once a favorite show for its witty, snarky and humorous dialogue, it's become boring and leaves me with nothing to quote. Ick.

Why was the boy apologizing to the priest at the end?

I thought the "Jewish music" House payed sounded like the wedding processional "Sunrise, Sunset"

Lyrically, it would fit the images:
is this the little girl i carried,
is this the little boy at play?
i don't remember growing older,
when did they?

when did she get to be a beauty,
when did he grow to be so tall?
wasn't it yesterday when they were small?

sunrise, sunset ,
swiftly flow the days.

seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers,
blossoming even as we gaze.

sunrise, sunset ,
swiftly fly the years,
one season following another,
laiden with happiness and tears.

what words of wisdom can i give them,
how can i help to ease their way?

now they must learn from one another,
day by day.

sunrise, sunset,
swiftly fly the years,
one season following another,
laiden with happiness,
and tears

I am Jewish. The a name is given to the child using the first letter of a deceased relative as a way of saying gone but never forgotten. The first name is usually not an indicator its the last remember how Christianity came to be with Jewish people converting so some where along the line Jews have had every last name that dates back to before year one in the Jewish calendar we are at 5769.

"What was the song that House was playing on his piano at the end?"

The closed captioning labeled it, "Hugh Laurie's 'Cuddy's {I don't remember}'" with a Rolling Stones riff in the middle of it.

What was the song in the teaser before the credits? Where the McPoyle priest guy is in his apartment?

I don't think it's that odd that someone named Cuddy would be Jewish. Judaism is passed down from one's mother, and last names are usually taken from the father, so I imagine Jewish people with Anglo last names will become more common as time goes on. Despite what Oma Goldman would prefer.

Also, the show says that Dr. Wilson is also Jewish, and you don't get many names more Anglo than that.