Mike Burstyn and Valerie Harper |
Valerie Harper, Mickey Freeman
and Mary Tyler Moore |
Mickey Freeman, Fyvush Finkel,
Dr. Ruth Westheimer and
Mike Burstyn |
JOSEPH
PAPP CHILDREN’S FUND
Fyvush
Finkel Wonders
Why No Jewish Gangs?
Story by Nina Boxer
Photos by Tim Boxer
 YVUSH
FINKEL toured the Orthodox enclaves of Boro Park and Crown Heights
and found there are no Jewish gangs in the hood. Why not? Because
you can’t wear yarmulkes backwards.
Fyvush emceed the fifth
annual Joseph Papp Children’s Humanitarian Fund dinner at the
Hilton New York. Created by Tzivos Hashem, the Papp Fund provides
food and shelter to homeless children in Ukraine.
Black hat Chasidic
singing sensation Avraham Fried told about being grilled by
security at the Los Angeles airport:
Are you carrying a DVD
player?
No.
Are you carrying a
cellular phone?
No.
Are you carrying an
electric shaver?
Huh??
Among the celebrities at
the dinner were Jerry Stiller (“I remember Fyvush Finkel
when he had an English name”), Mike Burstyn, Mickey Freeman,
Ron Eliron, Ron Leibman, Jessica Walter, Avram Grobart and Valerie
Harper.
James Earl Jones
and Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder of the International
Fellowship of Christians and Jews, got humanitarian awards.
America’s sweetheart, Mary
Tyler Moore, said that “James Earl Jones has a voice that
can knock your socks off” and presented him with the Joseph Papp
Achievement Award of Excellence.
Mickey looked at Mary
Tyler Moore and James Earl Jones and declared he’s embarrassed:
“I’m the only one with one name!”
Mickey said he loves
entertaining in Florida where “they opened a Prunes R Us.”
He found the best
audiences in the world are senior citizens: “I did a show for
them last week, and by the time I was through there wasn’t a dry
seat in the house.” |
