Especially in Hollywood. Or no excuse mehe told Korshaks secretary that it was Mr. Lincoln who was calling., There was an F.B.I. This was the meeting place, mornings and afternoons, of the Chicago Mob., The device that Roemer and his men installed was an old World War IIvintage microphone. It sounded strangely familiar. Sorry, the quality is not that great. Jeff Gerth told me that, in the researching of the story, there appeared to be a leak from the accounting department of the Times back to Chicago, where his movements seemed to be closely monitored through the paper trail of his expense reports. Korshak negotiated more as the lawyer and Wasserman negotiated as the party to the negotiations. In a city where crime and politics were so inextricably entwined, it may have been through family that young Sidney entered the shadows. His family owned several Chicago nightclubs, including the Sunset Caf, which he managed. At Sidneys arraignment, charges were dropped. In 1968 she married Jack Entratter, a former front man of Frank Costellos, the man whom she had seen interrogated. The Hilton was one of the many corporations from which Korshak drew consultancy retainers. He was a robust, tall good dresser. Merrill, the husband of Bette Davis, had disrupted a speech by Danny Thomas with drunken heckling. He is beyond cool, distinguished, self-assured, butlike his name, an ethnic bluressentially nondescript. I have been looking high and low for a photo of Paul Red Dorfman, who had ties to Hoffa and Ruby. There was a problem loading your book clubs. I know she was on psychiatric drugs. Frank Capra, the director whose work most reflected and influenced the romance of the American Dream, was from Palermo. Paul "Red" Dorfman passed away on 11 Mar 1971 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Sidney Korshak, who lived unseen in the unseen heart of the beast, and who at the same time entertained beautifully in Bel Air. Sidney Korshak escapedno, prevailed, prospered, in blessed fortunewithout so much as a scratch. For him it is merely there now and seems especially flat in daylight, when the demons sleep. Described as a gangland-style execution, the murder was presumably intended to keep him from cooperating with authorities to avoid a possible 55-year prison sentence. Several months later, on June 4, 1960, Korshak acquired his Bel Air home, at 10624 Chalon Road. Producer Robert Evans was a regular at Korshaks parties. We had a box together. Could it be a reference to a Chicago Mafia figure, Paul "Red" Dorfman? Thirty-six days later he was dead -- cut down in a spit of gunfire in broad daylight in the parking lot of the lavender-and-white-tiled Hyatt Lincolnwood Hotel, located in a . The alliances president, George Browne, had been one of the Chicago Mobs second-rate local leaders. Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union effectively paved the way for Dorfman's rise in the union. Allen Dorfman was born in Detroit and raised by his Step Father Paul "Red" Dorfman in Chicago. : He and Lucky Luciano, a habitual moviegoer, were born in Sicily in the same year, 1897. He still had plenty of clout with the people that succeeded Hoffa., F. C. Duke Zeller, the author of the recent Devils Pact: Inside the World of the Teamsters Union, told me that Korshak continued to work closely with Frank Fitzsimmons, who took over the Teamsters in 1971, while Hoffa was imprisoned. He was also a lynchpin of union organizing in Chicago beginning in the late 1930s. Evans has described Korshak as my consigliere, as my godfather.. I have been looking high and low for a photo of Paul Red Dorfman, who had ties to Hoffa and Ruby. Like Roy Williams, Dorfman was a hero and had been awarded the Silver Star. Hoffa, who keeps a battery of 150 legal experts, including Edward Bennett Williams, is well aware that the man who has claimed his quarters is a lawyer of a different kind. I mean, who knows? In 1949, Red Dorfman was one of only Sidney, said the friend, was just a bastard who asked his mistresses to family parties. Dorfman's step-father Paul "Red" Dorfman was a long time Teamster's official with ties to the Chicago Outfit. [9], In 1959 the McClellan Committee, a United States Senate group investigating potential crimes and improprieties in the US labor movement, inquired again over the allegedly excessive fees paid by the Teamsters Central States Health and Welfare Fund to Dorfman's company. In Los Angeles in 1941the year he counseled Bioff at the Ambassador Hotelhe had met a former model, dancer, and ice-skater named Bernice Stewart. 11 Mar 1971 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Red Dorfman had troubles with the AFLCIO when he was caught taking funds out of the labor union's health and welfare fund, and, among other things, paying personal bills with the membership's money. He insured Teamsters' pensioners and bilked numerous workers out of insurance benefits. Allen Dorfman rose to prominence following World War II and by the late 1950s was a close cohort of IBT President Jimmy Hoffa. Even Rosselli, what was left of him, his legs and torso sawed apart, found in an oil drum floating in Dumbfoundling Bay in the summer of 76. Wassermans rise had brought him in contact with the underworlds of both Cleveland and Chicago; MCAs ascendance in Hollywood in the late 30s was simultaneous with the Chicago Mobs infiltration, through union control, of the movie business, and with Sidney Korshaks own move to the Coast. Torrio took control of Chicago through 1925, when, following an attempt on his life and a stretch in jail, he retired to New York, where he became the eminence grise, elder statesman, and adviser to a group of younger men that included Frank Costello, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky. Bondsmen, to pay back favors, had parties once a month, and they had all the girls there, and the booze and what have you, and their favorite judges and lawyers and policemen would be at these things. Of course, I dont know his business. Lombardo was convicted of Seifert's murder in 2007 as a result of Operation Family Secrets. Dorfman, slain in 1983. He wrote extensively on the Dorfman family and also the connections to Jack Ruby. According to the document, Irv asked if Red knew Ruby. But the year of Korshaks visit to Hollywood was. "Red" Dorfman (19011971) and Rose Ritman (19072003). If you didnt know who he was, youd think he was a pants manufacturer or something., Irv Kupcinet, whose first column appeared in 1943, told me last summer over lunch in Chicago that he knew Korshak for about 50 years. As a friend, the attorney was a man who could turn more tricks with a telephone call than anyone I knew. Professionally, he was not beyond using his labor negotiations to strike up deals. To learn more about cookies, please see our cookie policy. Assuming a false identity, Bioff lived for a decade in Phoenix, where he became a friend and adviser of Senator Barry Goldwater, who knew him only by his assumed name of William Nelson. Kay Kyser was in the air. Though Hollywood was far more segregated than organized crime, not everyone in the movie racket was a Jew. Paul "Red" Dorfman was affiliated with the Waste Materials Handlers Union in Chicago in the late 1930s and 1940s. Joe Kraus of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society believes that it was Guzik who brought in Sidney Korshak. Today they are all dead except for Wasserman, who is now in his 85th year and has declined my request for an interview regarding Sidney Korshak. They have also lived in . Whatever he did, he must have been successful, thats all I know. Sidney Korshak sounds no high notes. Not the usual Teamster crowdthey are attorneys gathered for the 10th annual meeting of the Teamster lawyers conference. There were certain cops who used to walk the Loop, Michigan Avenue, Main Street, looking for him. Though Frank Nitti became the figurehead of the Chicago Mob when Capone went away, the true powers were Tony Accardo, Paul Ricca, Capones cousin Charlie Fischetti, and Guzik. We dressed to go to dinner in Vegas., For Corinne, there was no Korshak aura. One became the fearsome head of Columbia Pictures, the other the fearsome renegade of Hollywood crime. It was in Kupcinets Sun-Times Kups Column that the Korshak-engineered takeover of RKO from Howard Hughes was revealed in September 1952. Hollywood was largely the invention of Eastern European Jewish immigrants and their sons. Soon, Korshak appeared no longer to exist, except by implication and in rumor. All rights reserved. Korshak agreed to intercede on behalf of Paramount. And, so, Sidney Korshak. Learn more. A week after a wedding that the Daily Mirror called a romantic tantrum, Dorothy Appleby attempted suicide in the lake in Central Park. Dorfman's son, Allen, was an insurance company executive. Willie Bioff, the governments star witness, was asked about IATSES alleged five-year plan to take over 20 percent of Hollywoods profits and a long-term plan to gain a 50 percent interest in the studios themselves. Paul "Red" Dorfman found in1940 United States Federal Census Paul "Red" Dorfman found inUS, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Jewish Marriage Record Extracts, 1837-1934 Paul "Red" Dorfman found in1920 United States Federal Census View more historical records forPaul "Red" Dorfman People with similar attributes to Paul "Red" Dorfman It has no beginning and no end, but opens in the American desert on an October day in 1961, with a car emerging as a shimmer in the sun. He was from Chicago, a racketeers mobster, involved with the Waste Handler's Union. In the fall of 1957, when the New York state police busted a conclave of 70 Mob leaders who had converged for a national conference at the country home of the Sicilian-born president of the Canada Dry Bottling Company, the ensuing headlines rendered Hoovers position untenable. The suit, handled by Korshak, was settled out of court in September. His car pulls smoothly into the porte cochre of the Riviera, halting in the canopied shade. You will be able to leave a comment after signing in. I am a soon to be retired Duke Medical Center library researcher, who enjoys writing. I walked up to him and took a couple of pictures. You never heard any profanity out of Sidney. Visiting Korshak at his plush offices on North LaSalle, Velie had noted frequent telephone calls from intriguing characters, including Jake Arveys connection man, Artie Elrod; Joe Grabiner, identified as Chicagos biggest layoff bookie; and Tom Courtneys cohort police captain Tubbo Gilbert, described as the richest policeman in the world.. At a luncheon interview with another source, Velie mentioned these callers. Allen is meek and Allen is harmless. He was with longtime friend Irwin Weiner, a known associate of many Chicago mob figures. harassment and the failure of her career.) Paul "Red" Dorfman. He is a tall man in his early 50s. Sorry, no images of Shannon Murchison but I will have a look around. He was a close associate of longtime IBT President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with organized crime via the Chicago Outfit. "[8], In 1949, Allen was making $4,000 a year as a physical education teacher at the University of Illinois when Red struck a deal with Jimmy Hoffa, then head of the Teamsters Union in Michigan. In the spring of 1979, during a statewide racetrack strike, Korshak was asked to step down as a labor negotiator, only because of the press of his other business. That summer, the Justice Department began an investigation of the Riviera, reportedly focusing on Korshak. The former was rising as a Teamsters Union boss when Red became acquainted with him. Dunne said that Sidney and Bee Korshak had a terrific marriage. He was a presence in a room, Dunne said. Arraigned in uniform, he was moved from the Waldorf-Astoria to the Tombs. Only $9.99/month after trial. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. Rosselli would operate as the puppet master of Browne and Bioff. She had a black eye and was bruised all over her body. Dorfman was an operative for Al Capone and later became a friend and associate of Jimmy Hoffa. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. We all looked the same. Dani is a charming woman, and we continued to talk awhile. I really have no interest in contributing anything, he said, in a manner that seemed not cold but sadly sincere. Across the road, to the left, the Hacienda, the Strips southernmost joint, can barely be glimpsed. Colosimo was murdered in the spring of 1920 at the age of 43, following his divorce from Victoria and remarriage to one of his caf singers. Sometimes I tell people thats why Im still alive. In Vegas, I had bodyguards around me at all times. 'UK government cannot achieve the air quality improvements advised by medical experts, so has set its targets lower for the next 10 years, the environment secretary has admitted as she unveiled a new environmental plan.'. Paul "Red" Dorfman was affiliated with the Waste Materials Handlers Union in Chicago in the late 1930s and 1940s. . During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. As Roemer knew, Lawfords wife was Patricia Kennedy, one of Jack and Bobby Kennedys sisters. Though the press made no note of it, the states attorney questioning Korshak was Tom Courtney, the West Side power broker who had sponsored him in his political candidacy the year before. The government's case collapsed after their main witness, Daniel Seifert, was murdered in September 1974 and the defendants were either acquitted or dropped from the indictment. Soon after Chicago gained control of the Riviera, Gaming Control Board records showed Tony Martin as a licensee with a 2 percent share of the Riviera listed in his name. Paul "Red" Dorfman: Teamsters Union Thug Jimmy Hoffa Associate. Within 20 minutes, Pacino was free and MGM looked forward to a brighter tomorrow. Paul Dorfman was a known mobster. Evidence presented to the Committee showed, on the other hand, that while the Dorfmans had proposed a 17.5% fee to the Fund, they had actually been paid only 7.6%, in line with prevailing rates in the industry, over the previous eight years. Dorfman said, "Sparky is the last guy you'd expect to do this. You leave my wife out of this, Korshak said. He was a high ranking Teamster member, who was also good friends with Jimmy Hoffa. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. From her greed is good heyday to her post-divorce denouement cavorting with a series of freaky Italian lovers, it was Ivana, all along, who gilded the Trump name. Cancel anytime. Allen and his mother set up Union Insurance Agency, and in 1950, would receive their first contract with the Teamsters. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. At the time, Korshak was out of town, serving in the army as a military instructor at Camp Lee, Virginia. , Language Where does the truth begin? But there was nothing he wished to say. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. Please try again. While Glaser handled a roster of black acts that, besides Armstrong, included at times Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker, Korshak cultivated his own small circle of entertainers: Tony Martin, whom he knew from Chicago, and Tonys wife, Cyd Charisse; Dinah Shore; Debbie Reynolds; and Jill St. John. It was an extension of the original ghetto on Maxwell Street that was inhabited by a number of Eastern European Jews coming over in the 1880s and the 1890s.. SIDNEY KORSHAK, 88, DIES; FABLED FIXER FOR THE CHICAGO MOB. Then again, it may be true, as has been asserted, that the real purpose of Korshaks meeting was blackmail. In December of 1939, Korshak formed a partnership with Harry A. Ash, a former Cook County inheritance-tax attorney and a former assistant attorney general of Illinois. He was introduced by Paul Red Dorfman, a former Al Capone associate, to the guys in Chicago who eventually helped him gain the presidency of the Teamsters. As it was in Vegas, so it was in Hollywood. that Korshak was a hidden owner with Greenberg of the Seneca. One was brought by the stage and film starlet Dorothy Appleby against the Chicago furniture heir Sidney M. Spiegel Jr. Appleby, 29, was described in a New York Review profile of 1930 as one of our most prominent flappers. In 1925 she had appeared to be married to Teddy Weinstein, a Broadway character who also went by the name of Teddy Hayes and who told people that he was Jack Dempseys trainer. Ill say that, he always tried to help people. The waiter comes over to me and says, Mr. Ivana Marie Zelnkov escaped from behind the Iron Curtain to storm New York City and help create the twisted miracle of Donald Trump. Ray Ryan was there. They were married in the Korshaks Chicago apartment, at 2970 Lake Shore Drive, on September 1, 1959. Tony Martin, older than Lew Wasserman but as open and radiant as a flower in the sun, speaks fondly of Korshak. By This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers. They called themselves the connection guys. They were the ties between those in the shadows and those in the light. Suddenly, over the switchboard, all callers lost their identity and became Mr. Black, Mr. White, Mr. Green. Allen Melnick Dorfman[2] (January 6, 1923 January 20, 1983) was an American insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. The author knocks on the doors bearing the darkest symbols, behind which lie guns, ammo, antisemitism, antiabortion dogmaand a belief in the coming civil war. Harry Cohn and Mickey Cohen were born to Russian Jews in New York, and both went young to California. In addition, Red Dorfman had deposited $150,000 of health and welfare money with a bank owned by a friend, George Sax, who did not pay interest. He was such a great, human friend, she told me. The trial got under way on October 5, 1943. and killed assassin Lee Harvey Handlers Union 20467 was taken Oswald in the cellar of the Dallas' . Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union effectively pa He attended Marshall High School, where he enjoyed something of a reputation as a basketball player, and the University of Wisconsin, where, like Bill Roemer at Notre Dame, he was a collegiate boxing champion. James Bacon figures that it was Jake Greasy Thumb Guzik who brought Korshak into the fold of the Mob. The last mention of him, in a Chicago Crime Commission memorandum of September 1955, states that Ted Korshak was believed to be living, off and on, at the Park Shore Hotel, 1765 East 55th Street. Dorfman was fiercely protective of Hoffa. By then Bluhdorn was involved with the infamous Sicilian financier Michele Sindona, who would die in prison under mysterious circumstances. That was my impression. Korshaks wife, she said, wanted to be Cyd Charisse. Korshaks words to the reporters that autumn day were, in effect, his farewell to them. The producer Cubby Broccoli, later known as a close friend of Korshaks, was there. A week later, she attempted suicide in the lake in Central Park. Not your fifty-dollar girl, but girls costing two hundred and fifty dollars or more.. Paul "Red" Dorfman was closely aligned to several infamous Mafia figures, i.e. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. Bioff was blown up in 1955. Tony just loved Ben Siegel, Anhalt said. Following New Yorks precedent, breach-of-promise suits involving broken betrothals were outlawed in Illinois in June of 1935. . While there, Dorfman was tracked down by Irv Kupcinet who asked about Ruby shooting Oswald. I first met him in 1933 in Chicago at the Worlds Fair, and we buddied around, he told me. We all had the same collections of Impressionist paintings. Ordinarily, Jimmy Hoffa would never sit in the front seat. Dorfman was in Palm Springs the same weekend (Kennedy Assassination) as Karyn Kupcinet and received a phone call from Irv Kupcinet, asking about Ruby. Allen was a millionaire within five years.[2]. In 1953 a special investigatory committee established by the United States House of Representatives began inquiries into Hoffa's placement of Central States Health and Welfare Fund's moneys with Dorfman's agency. The eldest, Theodore, born in 1903, would not be publicly acknowledged in later years by his younger brothers, Sidney and Marshall. , Screen Reader I asked Kupcinet about Hoffas disappearance. I am a soon to be retired Duke Medical Center library researcher, who enjoys writing. We heard and we suspected there was a guard inside with a shotgun, and if he heard us he had every right, legally, to shoot us as we came in.. Korshak lost the case. Korshak recommended me to play the Chez Paree when I was out on my own and already in movies. He remembered Korshak and their lifelong friendship fondly. The Korshaks lived in luxury fabulous even by Bel Air standards. "Hoffa Union Associate Indicted Over Kickback", "Allen Dorfman Is Given Year in Prison, Fined in Teamster Fund Case. In February of 1997, reached for comment, Bee said simply that everything had been left in the family trust. Present with Karl, his wifeMarie the Body McDonaldand the Arveys were Sidney and Bee Korshak. There were those whisperings about him. Ruby's expulsion as head of the Waste Materials Handlers Union effectively paved the way for Dorfman's rise in the union. They, too, it was said, had been left with nothing. People of my caliber dont do nice things.. Most of these run-ins ended with discharges. Paul "Red" Dorfman was the head of the Chicago Waste Handler's Union and a kingpin in the Chicago Outfit,[7] who in 1959 was described by Congressional investigators "as the link between the Teamsters Union and the Chicago underworld. These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. He was a lawyer, yes, a serpent of the bar, and in many respects he may be regarded as an exemplar of the species at its most evolved, but that is too convenient a label by which to define or dismiss him, for his domain lay beyond the imaginings of most members of his profession. He revealed their marriage as a sham during his courtship of Ruby Keeler (before her marriage to Al Jolson). With one single test, you can discover your genetic origins and find family you nenver know you had. And, yes, she had in fact anonymously auctioned her jewelry, but not everything, only pieces she no longer wore. He was also a representative of those who ruled Hoffa and the Fund. During his career he was closely tied to Teamsters Union President James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa and Jack Ruby. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Allen Melnick Dorfman [2] (January 6, 1923 - January 20, 1983) was an American insurance agency owner and a consultant to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Central States Pension Fund. They were selling murders for 10 grand., Korshaks parties in these years were much remembered. He made a living as a "confidence man," a jewel thief, and a heroin dealer. Why not get prescription pain pills? Capone was 21 when he arrived in Chicago from Brooklyn in early 1921, brought to town by his boyhood idol, Johnny Torrio, a former Brooklyn gang leader who had been imported in 1909 by Big Jim Colosimo, the profligate vice lord of the South Side badlands. Among them was Charles Cherry Nose Gioe, a 35-year-old cohort of Tony Accardo, who had been involved in the original IATSE-takeover plans. Frank Costellos widow, Meyer Lanskys widow. When he tells you something, he knows what hes talking about. But a woman with money wouldn't be taking acetaminophen if she was in pain; obviously they weren't working. He was like a little baby. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. Imagine a shimmering web of complexities dissolving ultimately into darkness. The money came from the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund, controlled at the time by Chicago mobster Paul "Red" Dorfman. Roemer, who did not smoke, died of lung cancer last June, never revealing to friends that the end was near. Alex, born in 1916 and now imprisoned, has been described as the political fixer and power behind First Ward politicians and as a ruthless, vicious killer whom Chicago police acknowledged as one of the wiliest and slickest crooks in the city. Everything was for sale. The giant misbegotten fiberglass sultan astride the Dunes glows with arms akimbo. Ad Choices, One of the great hidden figures of 20th-century organized crime, attorney Sidney Korshak was thought by many to be the most powerful man in Hollywood for the last half-century. As for the call that straightened out both MGM and The Godfather: Korshaks friend Kirk Kerkorian, the former used-car salesman who had taken over MGM, has been involved in Vegas since the days of Bugsy Siegel. Paul "Red" Dorfman Teamsters Union Thug Jimmy Hoffa Associate. He was just a real elegant man., Sidney Korshak and Lew Wasserman, Rothman said, were two of a kind, but Sidney negotiated more as the lawyer and Lew negotiated as the party to the negotiations. (I didnt enjoy it at all was Turners less told side of the story.). Was there ever an air of danger about him? I think it was the Gourmet Room, about 67, 68. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. I hope you understand the position Im in.. Entratter, at that time the president of the Dunes, for many years had run the Sands, the headquarters of the Rat Pack during the golden years of Vegas. [5][6] He enlisted in the US Marines and earned a Silver Star at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Sam Giancana, for instance, was 92-349.. Dani Janssen, the widow of David Janssen, said, Sidney was my late husbands surrogate father practically. Before becoming a Teamster he was in the United States Marines. We called them the corruption squad. How much of a piece of Stevenson does he own, and, by extension, how much of a piece of the candidate does Korshak own? [11] He was again investigated in 1973 on similar charges, related to payoffs given to have the Teamsters represent agricultural workers in California, in place of the United Farm Workers Union. I found him to be a gentleman all the time. Richard Nixon. Shannon Murchison was in her 40's when she died in recent years. His assistant, Willie Bioff, was a pimp, thug, and shakedown man controlled by Capones heirs. Willie, he said, meet Sidney Korshak. The character was based on elements from Allen Dorfman's life. : In November, when the verdict was delivered, after less than two hours of deliberation, Browne and Bioff were both found guilty of all charges and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Tall and lean, he had deep hazel-brown eyes and black hair, groomed straight back in a lone full wave. If youd known him, youd have liked him, Bacon told me. Then, toward years end, Bee took some work as an interior decorator. When the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) struck for better wages and conditions in 1933, the studio bosses called Rosselli in as labor negotiator, a role for which Sidney Korshaks prowess was to become legendary. Sy Hersh is protected by the First Amendment. When The Wall Street Journal reported the takeover the following month, it described Korshak as a sort of catalytic agent who is excluded from the group which purchased Hughes stock., This group included Ralph Stolkin, the Chicago businessman who built an empire upon the foundation of a yokel gambling devicethe punchboard. Stolkins father-in-law, Abe Koolish, who had been indicted in 1948 for running a mail-order-insurance racket, and Ray Ryan, an oilman who had been a business associate of Frank Costellos, were also included. In a manner of speaking, he owned not only the joint, he owned Hoffa too. Perhaps the decisive connection was that of neighborhood, that of Magen David. : Korshak knew them all. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. For some reason, which I never understood, he was always nice to me. 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