Fyvush Finkle And Rick GrossmanEMMY Award-wining actor and star of the Yiddish Theatre FYVUSH FINKLE visited with former Yiddish Theatre child actor RICK GROSSMAN, now starring off-Broadway in "HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel".
ABOUT HARRY & EDDIE: THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL
HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel tells the largely-unknown story of how President Harry S. Truman's friendship with his former business partner, Eddie Jacobson,leads to the creation of Israel in 1948.
Eddie Jacobson, a Jewish haberdashery salesman, and Harry Truman initially bonded during World War I where the Missouri men were put in charge of a struggling army canteen.The success of that venture leads to their joining forces after the war to open a haberdashery store in Kansas City MO.
When the depression hit and their store failed, Harry went into politics and Eddie went back on the road as a traveling salesman.In 1948, as the Zionists were struggling to convince President Truman to support the United Nation's recognition of Israel, Eddie was asked to push their unlikely friendship to the breaking point.
Actors Temple
339 W 47th Street
Between 8th and 9th Avenue
HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel tells the largely-unknown story of how President Harry S. Truman's friendship with his former business partner, Eddie Jacobson,leads to the creation of Israel in 1948.
Eddie Jacobson, a Jewish haberdashery salesman, and Harry Truman initially bonded during World War I where the Missouri men were put in charge of a struggling army canteen.The success of that venture leads to their joining forces after the war to open a haberdashery store in Kansas City MO.
When the depression hit and their store failed, Harry went into politics and Eddie went back on the road as a traveling salesman.In 1948, as the Zionists were struggling to convince President Truman to support the United Nation's recognition of Israel, Eddie was asked to push their unlikely friendship to the breaking point.
Actors Temple
339 W 47th Street
Between 8th and 9th Avenue
