August 03, 2006 • Page Image 87
…GRAND OPENING detention, but Diamont was left with mixed feelings about his heritage. Because he had been raised in a secular home, "I didn't know who I was, or why I should have pride in who I was," he says. "Part of me was ashamed because I had been shamed ... I wanted to hide." Upon his agent's advice, he agreed to use his mother's maiden name as his stage name, instead of the more identifiably Jewish "Feinberg." The change began around 19...…

















































