Lawrence Baron, San Diego Jewish World
• Published December 16, 2021
Like many Jews of his generation, Kirk Douglas had changed his name to avoid revealing that he was born Issur Danielovitch, the son of poor Jewish immigrants who lived in Amsterdam, New York. Even before that, he adopted the Americanized surname of...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 18, 2019
Sleeper summer hit and ‘The Lion King’ redux“The Art of Self-Defense” opened on July 12 at the Tivoli theater in St. Louis and almost certainly will be held over a second week. I’ve never seen a better advance Variety review: “Casey Davis...
When movie star Kirk Douglas married Anne Buydens in Las Vegas, the justice of the peace asked Anne to raise her hand and repeat after him, “I take thee, Kirk, for my lawful husband.”Anne, who had recently arrived in the United States from Europe,...
