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Jid-F 5 from Everywhere
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tired,
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strength.
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fellow,
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You know what it means to
aeation. ... It saps all your
. . Met Abe Fried, a grad-
the Hebrew Union College of
He once held a pulpit some-
Arizona. Now he is enlisting
lutz for Palestine. . . . “Poor
commented one of those success-
iteers. Poor but genuine.
till pu .
Konrad Kercovici is back from his Euro
pean jaunt. He interviewed dozens of
celebrities for his forthcoming book on
World peace. ... He had arranged an
interview with Romain Rolland but when
lie got to the gate of the author’s Geneva
residence he found his way barred by
Rolland ' >ister. The lady wanted evi
dence that an interview had been granted.
. . Konrad got angry and shouted:
Since when must Jesus Christ have per
mission to see God,” and on this repartee
the (Jypsy story teller walked off with
out. . . . We were right. Morris Mar-
gulies was elected Secretary of the Zion
ist Organization, but not before Dr.
Stephen S. Wise his close friend tried to
stop it. . . . And so we lose the column
ist Mem Shin Hay because that was Mar-
gillies’ nom de plume in the “Zionist.” . . .
The reason why Jackie Fields, world’s
welterweight champion may decide to re
tire is serious eye trouble. Here goes
the last Jewish champion. . . . Jackie
Kid Berg, London’s East End gift to
boxing who trimmed Kid Chocolate, cel
ebrated his twenty-sixth birthday that
very day he upset the dope at the Long
bland City Bowl. . . . The outstand
ing man on the German Olympic team is
none other than Herschfeld the shot put
ter who is expected to bring back the
bacon—-we beg your pardon: the Kosher
bacon. . . . There are rumors to the
effect that Adolf Heuser on the German
boxing team is Joosh, but don’t blame us
if he turns out to be a Hitlerite. ... Ira
Gershwin who writes lyrics (he wrote
most of “Of Thee I Sing”)—yes he is the
brother of George of Rhapsody in Blue
faun, but he can stand on his own legs—
l> n,,t writing anything at the moment.
He i\ oddly enough, devoting himself to
a new craze—painting in oil. . . . Kresel
and Steuer, engaged in a fight to a finish
fm die last decade, are both suffering
i the same ailment and are being
1 by the same doctor. . . . Harry
RichmanB
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was trampled and cut by the
s ide Kids when he played host at
I game for their benefit. . . . Nice
Kichman—Does a lot for charity
esn t brag about it. ... A re
dermatologist—a joosh one—will
,,re a n absolute cure for baldness
. If you hear some sensa-
tiews about the Brooklyn Exam-
ememher that we told you so. . . .
allach’s assistant on the Current
Record is taking up a course of
,s 'ing in his spare time. . . .
tote Gilbert Seldes, the high brow
!>t of the Hearst papers. The
f a y> be looked over some of our
> and found that the old-timers
on top. About Irving Berlin he
After a few years of semi-servi-
'he talkies he returns to us, his
' charming as before, his sense of
■Pular thing as accurate as
• • About Fannie Brice: “The
K other women comedians, their
>s or brittleness, never touch her.
4°od material, she is superb; given
material she is still Fanny Brice,
ls Plenty.” . . . About Charlie
* By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Chaplin: “Ten years ago I looked for a
return to the older slapstick, to less ‘lit
erature’ and more of pure fun. My guess
missed the actuality; but I am not dis
appointed. He is still the greatest man
in the arts of entertainment our genera
tion has seen—and perhaps any genera
tion.” . . . A1 Jolson: “He left the su
preme position he held on the stage to
save the movies by proving that the talk
ies would be popular. But he is not the
greatest man in the talkies, and tempora
rily be may be marked down a casualty.
Ten years ago I could think of no pleas
ure in the theatre comparable to listening
to him.” ... So there you are. Seldes
has written better stuff about the psy
chology of Broadway than any writer we
can think of. Thanks, Gilbert.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada, has a Jcosh
mayor by the name of Croll. He is a mem
ber of the Labor Party and his foes call
him a communist. . . . The State Bank
of the USSR recently announced the reg
ulations under which persons residing
abroad may open current or savings ac
counts. And you’d be surprised how
many of our one hundred per centers send
their savings to the Reds. . . . The tenth
Jahrzeit of Ben Jehudah’s death is ap
proaching hut nobody seems to care. Ben
Jehudah is credited with the reviving of
the Hebrew Language in Palestine yet
>ou will not find his picture adorning any
public institution. This because he was
involved in many controversies with the
Zionist Organization. . . . The slogan
of the Zionist Organization is: “If you’re
a bad boy you can’t have any immortal
ity. . . . Which reminds us that Jacob
de Haas will be sixty sometime in Au
gust. He surely deserves a Jubilee cele
bration. \\ hatever you may have against
the one time Mussolini of American
Zionism, his services to the cause cannot
he denied. Well, look up the Zionist slo
gan. It prevails here as well as in Pal
estine. ... A strictly confidential note
to Ben Bernie, the brilliant orchestra
leader: “Why don’t you pay the $47.25
dues and taxes which you owe to the
Friars?” . . . Dave Freedman, Eddie
DR. NISSON TOUR-
OFF, for the last six
years professor of He
brew Literature at the
Jewish Institute of Re
ligion, has left the
United States to re
turn to Palestine for permanent residence.
For many years head of a girls’ school
at Haifa, Palestine, Dr. Touroff, noted
pedagogue came to the United States
twelve years ago teaching first at Bos
ton and then coming to the rabbinical
seminary of which Dr. Stephen S. Wise
is president.
PHILIP FORMAN, United States at
torney for New Jersey, has been nomina
ted by President Hoover to a place on
the United States District Court of New
Jersey. Mr. Forman, who is 37, was edu
cated at Trenton, N. J., and served in the
district attorney’s office for nine years,
since 1928 as the chief.
ADOLPH S. OCHS was honored
with an honorary degree of Doctor of
Law at the annual commencement exer
cises of Dartmouth University. Mr.
Ochs is the publisher of the Seiu York
Times.
EMIL LUDWIG, distinguished Ger-
man-Jewish biographer, has decided to
relinquish his citizenship in the Reich
and has applied for naturalization in
Switzerland, his adopted fatherland, Lit
tle, Brown & Co., Ludwig’s publishers in
this country have announced.
JACK (KID) BERG, English Jew
whose boxing exploits have been made
the subject of several poems, was saved
from the oblivion which boxing experts
predicted for him, when he won on points
from Kid Chocolate, colored Cuban
fighter, in a fifteen-round bout at the
Madison Square Garden Bowl. Berg,
who hails from Whitechapel, is known
as a religious Jew. The boxing experts
said of him that his Jewish brain was
not equaled by his Jewish brawn. But
now that he has won this crucial fight,
it is expected that he will have another
chance at the lightweight championship.
JACOB KATZMAN, trouper on the
Yiddish stage for two generations, who
achieved fame a few years ago when he
IN THE LIMELIGHT
“stole the show” from Edward G. Robin
son in the “Kibitzer,” died here at the
age of 67. Specializing in comedy, Katz-
man also achieved fame for his pan
tomimic gifts. He was born in Odessa,
Russia, and started his theatrical career
when still a child. He came to the Uni
ted States 42 years ago and enlisted under
the banner of Jacob P. Adler. Usually
he was given only supporting parts hut
he always managed to distinguish him
self. The affection in which he was
held by the Yiddish theatre-going public
was evidenced when more than 3,000 peo
ple came to pay their last respects at his
funeral.
MORRIS MARGULIOS, Secretary of
the New York Zionist Region, was elected
Secretary of the Administrative Commit
tee of the Zionist Organization of Amer
ica, at the first meeting of that body
since the recent Philadelphia convention.
The meeting also elected eight delegates
to represent the Zionist Organization at
the Geneva Conference to discuss a
World Jewish Congress.
DANIEL PRENN, tennis champion of
Germany, a Jew, sprang a tremendous
upset by eliminating almost singlehand-
edly the highly favored British Davis
Cup team in the Davis Cup matches
played here to decide the winner of the
European zone. Prenn defeated within
three days the two English topnotchers,
Bunny Austin and Fred Perry, which
gave Germany two of the three victories
it scored. Prenn revealed himself as
equal to the very best players of the
world. His victories have made Ger
many favorite over the Iralean team
which it is to meet shortly.
HENRY BRENNER, of Hagerstown,
Md., has been awarded the Paris Prize of
the Chaloner Foundation, given bien
nially to the American student artist of
the highest promise, the Foundation has
announced. Mr. Brenner, who is a
sculptor, gets $2,000 a year for three
years of study in Paris.
NATHAN STRAUS, JR., whose late
father was one of the outstanding figures
in the movement for the rebuilding of
Palestine and who contributed more to
that cause than any other American Jew,
has accepted the office of Chairman of
the American Palestine Campaign of
Greater New York, it was announced by
the national headquarters of the cam
paign, which is the fund-raising instru
ment of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
T‘
Cantor’s ghost-writer will be making big
dough soon. He has been engaged by
Billy Rose to write the new revue and
is working on Lew Brown’s forthcoming
show, “Forward March.” . . . We’re
glad that Lila Lee is back. Congratula
tions to her for fighting off that dreaded
sickness. . . .
Joel Lipsky, youngest son of Louis, was
refused admission by Columbia Univer
sity because the place “is filled.” Now,
Joel passed the State Regent’s Examina
tion with an average of 96. His two
brothers and his father are alumnis of
Columbia. “What’s the big idea, Mr.
Buttler. Is the numerous clausus at
work. . . . Max Miller, substituting
for Hey wood Broun on the H'orld Tele-
gram is not joosh, all claims to the con
trary. . . . If we had a dime for each
politician who has pledged himself
to deliver the Jewish vote to the Demo
cratic and Republican party, we would
buy Samuel Untermyer’s mansion in
honkers. . . . Ladies and Gentlemen, if
we were reckless we would tell you that
our own Seven Arts Syndicate is all wet
about Rabbi Philipson of Cincinnati re
fusing to accept n cut in his salary. As
a matter of fact he suggested it. . . . If
we lose our job, you’ll know why. . . .
John Peter Toohey, the press representa
tive of Sam H. Harris knows more about
the interesting sidelights of Broadway
than many a columnist. . . . We asked
him, the other day, if Gaxton of “Of
Thee I Sing” is joosh, whereupon he
gave us the whole life story of this star
(who incidentally is Catholic) within
three minutes, over the wire. ... If ever
we decide to write a book with Man
hattan as a background, we’re going to
ask Mr. Toohey to collaborate. . . .
Monte Carter, the movie actor, was
hired by Columbia to speak a couple of
lines in Hebrew for "HollywihkI Speaks.”
Although Jewish, Carter doesn’t know
Hebrew (Aren’t we all?). He excused
himself from the set and got his tailor
on the phone. That pious gentleman fed
him the accent and Carter hurried back
to the set and recited. After Monte had
cashed his check he gave the moral of
this story. “If you want to be a good
Jew, have a tailor who knows Hebrew.”
. . . Shura Cherkassky, the pianist, (he is
but 16 years old), whose American tour
was very, very successful is not a Tartar
but a good I.itvak who can teach you
a thing or two in Yiddish. ... At the
New York Icor Concert in Town Hall
an appeal for Biro Bidjan brought io
300 dollars cash, which is a large sum
in cash, as Zionists campaign directors
will tell you. . . . 'Hie Roxy, cathedral of
movies is now in receiver's hands. It
started losing money as soon as Roxy
left his manager’s chair to devote him
self to Radio City. Now Hugo Riesen-
feld, conductor and idea man, will try
to make the budget of America’s biggest
theatre balance. . . . Vicki Baum was in
Brooklyn the other day. Trying to for
get the stage and the screen. So she
dropped in to see the last performance
of the stage production of “Grand Hotel.”
Nat Shilk ret, the one and only one, re
turned home the other night, read a few
pages of Trotsky’s “Revolution,” taught
a new trick to his fox terrier, played two
games of ping-pong, and then sat down
and wrote a new melody called “Moon
Nocturne.” . . . From the Riviera, Dag-
mar Godowsky sends us a postal card
on which are signed Dorothy Caruso,
Michael Arlen and Somerset Maughan.
Dagmar (yes, she is Leopold’s daughter),
is packing up to return to us. . . . Belle
Baker, apropos of some of those testi
monials from celebrities now appearing
in the ads, lays it must be great to get
paid for testifying that the medicine you
never took cured you of something you
never had.
Copyrighted 1932 loc The Soothes* Iuauit*
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