JERUSALEM FOUNDATION
Lox
and Bagels
Fish and Loaves
By TIM BOXER
RICHARD HOLBROOKE,
U.S. ambassador to the UN, learned a trick or two about show business when
Charlie Rose was interviewing him on television.
He noticed that Rose, who was
dressed splendidly, allowed a cuff link to stay open during the entire
show.
“Charlie had Cary Grant’s
sartorial perfection,” Holbrooke said, “but with this one quirky
thing.”
He couldn’t understand why Rose
would allow such a minor thing to ruffle his tailored look.
“When I heard how much email he
got about the open cuff link,” Holbrooke said, “I realized how that
thing kept viewers glued to him – rather than to his guest.”
Holbrooke related the story at a
Jerusalem Foundation dinner at the Waldorf, which honored Chicago business
tycoon Lester Crown and John C. Whitehead, who served 15
years ago as deputy secretary of state under George Schultz.
The Rev. Dean James Parks
Morton recalled the time Teddy Kollek, founder of the Jerusalem
Foundation, came to the dedication of the tower at Cathedral Church of St.
John the Divine on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Kollek brought a Jerusalem stone,
which was used as the cornerstone of the tower.
“What do you have after the
service?” Kollek asked.
“Coffee and cake, usually,”
Morton said.
“No lox and bagels?” the
Jerusalem mayor asked.
“Why,
sure – that’s fish and loaves,” the reverend said.
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