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The Southern Israelite
l ighlights and Sidelights
Gossip and News of Jewish Personalities
By MARTIN GOLDE
ton much inclined to join
ie ribaldry which greets
Hi shop James Cannon, Jr.,
ventures, whether they be
Jnus or—matrimonial, as
:,p iv nces have been. Jewish
habit of ignoring events
iractcr in our own corral.
r iied of an incident which
thi- i ire. In deference to this
[ U s no names, but its central
figure is easily identifiable.
\t tin pri nt moment a divorce action
prej ed against the highest paid
: r\ativ< rabbi in the Middle West.
grounds are incompati-
; ilitv. tin v. ift charges. But the rabbi
;i ,lies tlot Ins wife has not kept up
his mental development, and that she
> O'> 1'inper a fit mate to march side
side with him oil his onward sweep to
ewer and better-paying positions. It is
i note that several Jewish
ees are doing their utmost to keep the
tun under cover. The attitude to such
"Sh-sh-sh—the Jewish name
may he injured.”
Information which has reached this
desk indicates that the value of David A.
!ruwn *'<> a campaigner is at last being
riven its due recognition. Rumors have it
that the temporary partnership between
the Palestine forces and the J. D. C
ss dates is about to be culminated. Ob-
\ iouslv both groups will have to raise
funds to carry on with their necessary
" A 1 be J. I). C. crowd, which acted
itewliat contemptuously toward Brown
t year when the campaign was being
i am/ol, are being forced to admit that
’ 'l»it«- all his dictatorial, self-assertive
h"ds there is nobody like Dave to
-> people to their obligations. Rumors
I that Brown will occupy a mighty
">rtant place in the drive that will be
launched next January.
Walter Winchcll to sum up
don with a pithy phrase. Re-
of the better-known movie
1 had just returned from a visit
tin Pacific Coast, referred to Holly-
I he Garden of Eden on a Bill-
inchell improved on that with
"Why not ‘The Garden of
'i i<lin'."
ntor’s intentions are all of the
tee in a while he gets off a
that isn’t as well taken as
Take his latest gag, for
licit goes in this fashion.
s t<»ne worker in a quarry was
killed by a boulder which
d by a blast of dynamite. The
rried to his home to break the
arrived as Mrs. Cohen was
to dinner before a large plate
ben, began the foreman, as
to bail the soup plate, “I’m
your husband has just been
quarry!”
turning to the visitor she
ith her soup-eating.
Cohen,” protested the bearer
' bugs, who was amazed at her
t’-o-ni,.
news.
sitting
"t SOU]
"Mr
she (m .
sorry t
killed ;
Inst*
c °ntinin
"But
°i the s
apparent indifference, “your husband has
been killed.”
Even that did not cause her to pause
in her efforts to empty the soup plate.
“Madam,” he shouted, finally, “don’t
you realize that your husband is dead?"
"Yait a moment, please,” replied the
widow, pausing between spoonfuls. “Yen
I finish dis soup, oy, vat a hysterical
voman you vill see!"
The heroic entry of Rabbi Louis I.
Newman, formerly of the. Golden Gate,
into the Gotham rabbinate has aroused
wide attention. The rabbi seems quite
capable of taking care of his interests in
the public eye. One observer, after hear
ing Rabbi Newman at a recent public
meeting, was heard to remark somewhat
quizzically: “Rabbi Newman is under
study to Dr. Stephen Wise and understudy
to John Haynes Holmes. But lie can’t
make up his mind whose role he wants.”
Now take the case of the Knights of
Columbus. Did you know that the very
important post of auditor with that power
ful organization is occupied by none other
than Moe Engle, who, as you have so
astutely guessed already, is a member of
Moses’ tribe?
Or if you want another oddity for to
day, take the case of Bcbe Daniels. 1 he
nose which God gave this little maiden
has never been entirely satisfactory to
her. She has challenged Providence by
insisting that a plastic surgeon knew his
business better than He on high. She
gave this surgeon two chances to improve
on God’s handiwork. But still she isn t
satisfied. It’s hard to compete against a
Master Craftsman.
Our friend Sidney Skolsky is to be
thanked for his report on a recent tale
recounted by Julius Tannen, the famous
monologist. Tannen, whose real name is
Tannenbaum, as Skolsky remarks, tells
the story about Ed Wynn, whose real
monicker is Leopold. T hey were pla> ing
in Boston some years back, and Wynn met
Tannen in the lobby of a hotel. Wynn
excitedly flashed a printed advertisement
, local real estate firm and said: “Can
use the name of Ed Wynn?
iVell,” came back Tannen, “you did,
1’t you?”
o this same source we are extremely
eful for another incident, which
ild become an epic in modern Jewish
ary. It is the tale of a “mild-looking,
ningly slightly built Hebrew youth”
i tried to get on a New York subway
a. A big, husky truckdriver was
king the entrance, so that the youth
to elbow his way through as best
ould. The big fellow began working
self up into a lather, pursuing the sub-
for station after station. If > oUV -
been in a subway you know how the
ologue goes.
Yho you pushin’?” "\S hat s your
?” Then it works up into: "Say, 1
a mind to bust you right in the nose,
this while the inoffensive Jew kept
t and answered none of the rhetorical
tions. Of course this made the big
sorer than ever. Finally he grabbed
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