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Among the hundred-odd fairly odd characters who live through the two decades (1910-30) spanned by the book, the least forgettable are: Mrs. Tregunter who lives on weak tea, lettuce leaves and hatred of the Jews; Rabbi Shulman who has the Talmud on the brain; Benny Edelman whose rescue of Tommie Wright from drowning induces Philanthropist Emmanuel to give a Magnolia Street party, which brings the Jews and gentiles together temporarily. But Mrs. Wright sees Benny naked after the rescue; their subsequent marriage cuts Benny off from his Jewish family for good...
...first the Lewisohn Sisters presented plays only on weekends. During the week cinemas were given for five cents' admission. Short dramatic interludes were introduced in which actors like Albert Carroll and Blanche Talmud, who have since made names for themselves, appeared. Then the Playhouse adopted a regular schedule, won increasing notice with such plays as Granville-Barker's The Madras House, Gibour with Yvette Guilbert, The Little Clay Cart and The Dybbuk...
...Uzlian, Minsk, Russia, on a cold winter's day in 1891, Mr. Sarnoff arrived in the U. S. in 1900. He delivered meat, sold newspapers, sang in a choir. His parents hoped he would become a rabbi. At the age of nine he had been studying the Talmud for three years. In 1906 Sarnoff Sr. died. In the same year young David got a $5 job as messenger boy with Commercial Cable Co. He saved $2, bought a telegraph instrument, soon was a junior telegraph operator with the old American Marconi...
Yeshiva College consolidates the movement for Hebrew education which has been spreading throughout the country for the past decade. In the U. S., Talmud Torahs were formerly old, elementary schools for teaching Jewish boys (and occasionally girls) to read Hebrew as a dead language. Now U. S. Talmud Torahs teach Jewish culture, and Hebrew as a living tongue. Every city with a large Jewish population has such elementary schools supervised by bureaus of Jewish Education. In some cities Jews have demanded that their Talmud Torahs be recognized as are Catholic parochial schools. Generally they have been refused...
...been previously evidenced, no food whatever will be served. The guests-10,000 will be invited-will nonetheless pay for their good dinner. The money which they expend will be put into a fund known as "The Rev. Dr. H. Pereira Mendes Educational Endowment," and used to aid Talmud Torahs (schools for the children of Orthodox Jews), religious schools (for the children of Reformed Jews), and the publication of Jewish textbooks...