Word: kosher
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Mendel, Inc. This shenanigan about a Jewish plumber who invents a machine which will fulfill all the impersonal obligations of a housewife, has an expert Kosher trio in Joe Smith, Charles Dale and Alexander Carr (who used to play Perlmutter to Barney Bernard's Potash). Such guffaws do they elicit that cautious critics murmurously compare the play to Abie's Irish Rose...
...story, which deals with a kosher lamb in Wall Street, is of little moment. It is transcended by a shrewd and faithful character study. The blundering sciolist who looks over mankind's shoulder in the game of life and seeks to direct the play of each card at last has been caught and held by the theatre's three walls. Even the attempt to make him noble has been renounced. He is revealed ridiculous and poignant...
...Lowell's red brick home, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations in American opened a cafeteria and dormitory, exclusively for Jewish students, last week. The building, once a private residence, will be operated under the jurisdiction of, among others, Dr. Nathan Isaacs, Harvard Professor of Business Law. Only Kosher foods will be served...
...Kosher Kitty Kelly (Viola Dana). The Jews and Irish are at it again, this time in cinema based on the play by the same name. Assorted gangsters, policemen, heroes, heroines emerge from the fracas in a glowing Hebraic-Hibernian conglomeration for the delight of broad-minded onlookers...
Prohibition Administrator Andrews refused to permit orthodox Jewish organizations to import kosher wine from Palestine, ruling that the domestic supply is sufficient for religious use. Most significant of all, the Sen ate Judiciary Committee voted to conduct a public hearing. The first witness will be the same learned William Cabell Bruce. It is likely he will present the case for the "Canadian system" -sale and control of liquor by the government...