BETTER 60 YEARS LATE THAN NEVER
The Michigan Daily-Sunday, January 13, 1980-Page 3
Comic
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP)-It
came 60 years late, but comedian Hen-
Youngman finally became a man
esterday. "Take my bar mit-
zvah-please," said the 73-year-old
king of one-liners.
About 350 guests and reporters were
on hand at Resorts International Hotel
Casino to hear Youngman read
passages in Hebrew from the Torah as
part of his belated bar mitzvah.
Youngman, known for his zinger
"Take my wife-please!" and the violin
e carries but rarely plays, was bar
itzvahed in a ceremony in the Viking
Theater, just off the casino floor.
"DEAR FRIENDS and fellow Jews,
today I am a boy," said Youngman in a
takeoff on the traditional "Today I am a
man" comment by boys who undergo
the Jewish rite of passage to adulthood.
At the bar mitzvah parties following
the ceremony; the boy receives gifts
such as a fountain pen. Said Youngman,
"Want another one? Today I am a foun-
in pen."
0Youngman said he agreed to be bar
mitzvahed to end years of speculation
over whether he was really Jewish.
"THE GENTILES and the Jews
tossed a coin and the Jews lost," he
said, slipping into his famous one-liners
from vaudeville days.
Jewish males usually are bar mit-
zvahed when they are 13 years old.
Youngman had explained, "I'm being
oungman bar mftzvahed
bar mitzvahed now because it took me
60 years to memorize the speech."
Opera singer Jan Peerce was the
cantor for the hour-long ceremony and
several of Youngman's show business
friends, including comedians Norm
Crosby and Joey Bishop, were among
the guests.
THE BAR mitzvah is a solemn oc-
casion and the ceremony had its serious
moments even for the famous
wisecracker.
He said he felt "more proud now to be
a Jew."
Youngman choked up slightly while
telling yet another joke: "It would have
been nice if my mother and father were
here to see me-with my nice blue suit
and my hair combed."
YOUNGMAN's given name is Henny
Jungman, and his Hebrew name is
Hennech, according to Rabbi Seymour
Rosen of Margate, who said the
comedian did not know the Hebrew
name until he told him.
Youngman, who was born in London
but grew up in New York City, -said,
seriously, that his original bar mitzvah
was canceled by his parents because
his cousin died on the day of the,
ceremony.
He recently mentioned this to a
reporter from the Press of Atlantic
City, who arranged for the ceremony at
the hotel where Youngman currently is
appearing.
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COMEDIAN Henny Youngman, 73, holds a holy Torah during his bar
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By BETH PERSKY
In response to the alarming threat of
rape in this area, a group of women
here are trying to organize a transit
system that would be operated, driven
and used only by women.
"The main interest is not in free or
cheap transportation for women-we
want it to be a device used to prevent
rapes," said Women in Action member
Karen Januszewski. As long as there
are male drivers or passengers, she
added, there remains a chance of rape.
THE PROJECT sprang out of the
Oct. 18 "Take Back the Night" protest
march against rape, sponsored by
Women in Action. At the first Women in
Action meeting following the march,
members began suggesting ideas
aimed at preventing rape, including a
self-defense club, improving street
lighting, improving campus security,
and educating the public on rape. But
most group members agreed that lack
of adequate transportation was the
most important issue, because, accor-
ding to Januszewski, "transit is both
the root cause of rapes and an im-
mediate need."
Though the project is still in the plan-
ning stages, it will probably be patter-
ned after a women's transit system in
Madison, Wisconsin. Both the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin and the city of
Madison provide funds for the project,
which covers a four-mile radius in the
university area and is operated by
women volunteers, said Women in Ac-
tion member Doris Wright.
WRIGHT, Januszewski, and group
Coordinator Jackie Rice all agreed this
University should take some respon-
sibility for women's safety, "It definite-
ly should be funded by the University,
said Rice.
In addition to the proposed local
women's transit* system, which most
members support, Rice mentioned the
possibility of working through the Ann
Arbor Transit Authority (AATA) and
trying to broaden the hours and number
of Dial-a-ride routes.
DIAL-A-RIDE recently reduced its
general service hours because of a
shortage of funds, and now focuses
mainly on providing transportation for
the handicapped.
But there are problems with the Dial-
a-ride approach. The service wouldn't
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