A Soulful Journey

  Al Jolson used to tell the story about his father. He’d say, “I bought my dad a coat last week. It cost $200. A lovely coat. But I knew what my dad would say about that, so I persuaded the clerk to change the label for one that had a $12 price tag. Yesterday, I asked him how he liked the coat.”     “Fine,” he said. “It was wonderful coat for $12. So wonderful that I sold it to Uncle Moshe for $20. You didn’t know your father was a businessman, did you?” - Al Jolson , cited by Michael Friedland

George Burns once said of Al Jolson: "It was easy enough to make Jolson happy at home.  You just had to cheer him for breakfast, applaud wildly for lunch and give him a standing ovation for dinner." - Freedland, Jolson Humility is a virtue.

Al Jolson once invited a friend to join him in a round of golf at the Westchester Biltmore Country Club.   But he was refused admittance because he was a Jew.   Said Jolson afterward, “I shudda told ‘em Richman was only half Jewish – and please let him play nine holes.”