However, most corneal disorders can cause eye pain. A feeling of scratchiness or a foreign body sensation may be caused by a disorder of the conjunctiva (the thin membrane that lines the eyelid and covers the front of the eye) or of the cornea.
Well, to make a long story short, Billy Joel is Jewish! Since Billy Joel's mother is Jewish, and in Judaism one's religion is based on one's mother's religion, then that makes him also Jewish. His father is Jewish too.
Joel realized how American culture can push aside the elderly and strip them of their purpose and worth. (thanks, Dana-Atlanta, GA). Billy's parents got divorced when he was young, and his father, Howard Joel, returned to his homeland of Vienna where he got married and started a new family.