Star of Yiddish Theater

Here I am all dressed up for a performance.

Many wonderful things happened to me in America. I kept singing as a young man and became a star of Yiddish Theater. I appeared on stage and made many records. I met my wife, Miriam Kressyn, who was also a singer and an immigrant. Her family came through Ellis Island too. We were married for 43 years.

I went back to Europe, traveling as an actor, but I never returned to Poland. I have always been very happy to be in this wonderful country.


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