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In April 1945 the manager of
the Yiddish Actors Union Reuben Guskin called together
a conference of twenty-five people, members of the
executive and active members of the Yiddish Actors Union
and representatives of the theatrical profession, and
with them discussed the problems, because the
theatre cafe and "Cafe Royale" restaurant were dormant,
and the Yiddish theatre people didn't have a place to
spend their time, legyt er for, that the Actors
Union should convert the hall on the first floor into a
club with all the amenities, such as a kitchen for a
restaurant, a library, a round table where one should be
able to sit and relax and also bring in various
performances. Hereby the Actors' Union invested around
ten thousand dollars, as a loan, for the necessary
expenses to arrange all facilities in the club, which
also includes a cooling system. The club should carry
the same name of a similar institution, which once
existed: "Yidisher teater-klub", should have a special
administration, which should direct the club, and pay
the Actors' Union's rent.
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THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE YIDDISH ACTORS' CLUB |
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Seated:
Dr. Ehrenberg, Louis Goldstein
(Ex-Vice-President), David Kulok
(Ex-President), Jack Rechtzeit (President),
Max Bozyk (First Vice-President), Clara
Rosenthal (Second Vice-President), Charlie
Cohan. Second row (from right)
Executive Committee: Helen Friedman, Lida
Slava, Rose Shoshana, Dora Stein, Reizl Bozyk,
Rosetta Bialis, Annie Lubin, Rose Yeager.
Third row (from right): David Dank, Sam
Gelb, Mordecai Yachson, Mordecai Yardeini,
Sam Schwartz. |
The proposal was unanimously adopted
and was handed over to the lawyer Jerome Parker to
renew the charter of the disappearing club.
In June 1945, under the chairing of
Reuben Guskin, the first founders' meeting of the
club, and all the officers were shared: David Kulok
-- President, Louis Goldstein and Milton Weintraub
-- Vice-Presidents, Hershel Levin -- Recording
Secretary, Charlie Cohan -- Financial Secretary, and
Jerome Parker --Treasurer). It was decided to pay
back in the span of four years the sum of 8,000
dollars, which the union had invested in the
establishment of the club, pay the union one hundred
dollars a month for the rent, and only cover the
costs of the heating and lighting. There was
appointed two managers for the night and the evening
-- Herman Serotsky and Itzhak Oberman. Members of
the Actors' Union did not pay any entrance fees. For
non-members, the entrance fee was five dollars, and
the yearly fee for each member was five dollars a
year.
The club soon became the place to
relax for the Yiddish theatre folk. In 1946 the club
had three hundred and fifty members.
The membership of the club consisted
of actors, employees of other theatre professions,
union leaders, business lawyers, doctors and other
professionals.
The club, which also had a small
stage, found itself in a building of the Yiddish
Actors' Union, New York, 31 East 7th Street, and was
opened every day from noon until midnight. From time
to time there was arranged Sunday forums with
lectures and musical-literary programs, free for
every member and friend of Yiddish theatre.
In the span of its existence, there
were the following presidents of the club: David
Kulok, Louis Goldstein, Leon Liebgold, Hershel Levin
and Herman Yablokoff.
The current officers are: David Kulok
-- Honorary President, Nathan Goldberg -- Honorary
Vice-President, Jacob Rechtzeit -- President, Max
Bozyk and Clara Rosenthal -- Vice-Presidents, Sam
Schwartz -- Protocol (Recording) Secretary, Rose
Pivar -- Financial Secretary, and in management --
Reizl (Rose) Bozyk, Helen Friedman, Ethel Harrison,
Annie Lubin, Lida Slava, Dora Stein, Rosetta Yeager,
David Dank, Gusssie Ehrenberg, Sam Gelb, Paul Rotman
and Mordecai Yachson. In the Cultural Committee:
Rosetta Bialis, Mordecai Yardeini, Louis Freiman and
Rose Shoshana. The club doctor is Dr. Max Ehrenberg,
and the lawyer of the club is Jerome Parker.
Sh. E. from
Louis Goldstein.
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