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John
C. Whitehead (left) and A.M. Rosenthal.
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JERUSALEM FOUNDATION
Lox
and Bagels
Fish and Loaves
By TIM BOXER
 ICHARD 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.”
Lester
Crown (l-r), Isaac Stern and
Daniel Crown. |
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.
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Jimmy Tisch (right) with Ambassador
Richard Holbrooke and wife Kati Marton.
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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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