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. -FREE Founded-by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi J INTRODUCTION to the Transcendental Meditation Program TUES., JAN. 15 12 NOON, 3:00, 8:00 P.M. Multi-Purpose Room, UGLI or every Wednesday-Noon & 8:00 P.M.-Michigan Union For Information Call 668-8256 Room 4313 (C) 1976 World Plan Executive Council-U.S. All rights reserved. Transcendental Meditation is a series of WPEC-U.S. a nonprofit education organization ,. 4 4 yV PIZZA buy one get one FREE. Only with this coupon. 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Wo-men-Only buses eyed to fight rape Daily Phone Numbers: Billing-764-0550 Circulation-764-0558 Classifieds-764-0557 Display-764-0554 News and Happenings-764-0552 Sports-764-0562 r IC 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. 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