Our Choice of Youtube Vid for this Week Is Longer than Usually - but Well Worth Your Effort!

       For this week - Jan. 08 through Jan. 16 - 2016 - the second week of Jan. 2016 - we chose a longer Youtube production published by Konstantin Robakidze on Nov.12 - 2013 - titled "Pavel Gofman - Eddie Rosner" - about the turbulent life events of Eddie Rosner - a legendary Soviet band leader who almost died during the German "blitzkrieg" attack on Poland on Sept. 01 - 1939 - executed by Hitler. Rosner - subsequently - was imprisoned by another bloody dictator - Joseph Stalin - who packed his infamous prisons/"gulags" with all kinds of innocent people including a lot of famous stars - plus many thousands of regular people - as well.
     Long story - short - the English translation for this vid is provided by Eddie's daughter who subsequently settled in the U.S. Her mother - Ruth Kaminska - Eddie's first wife - was a daughter of a famous Polish/Yiddish theatre legend - Ida Kaminska - who for a long time was a huge star of the Yiddish Theatre in Poland.
     I had an opportunity to see Ida Kaminska on the stage when she was older and the unearthly magic, she brought to the stage is hard to describe. Whenever she appeared on the stage - everybody in the audience immediately focused their eyes - on her. Ruth Kaminska - her daughter - on the other hand - seemed to be blessed with a minimal talent and charisma - in spite of her famous mother - drilling her all her life.
    If she wasn't Ida Kaminska daughter - a lot of critics - expressed their doubts that she would get to play tons of major parts which she received - not suited for her. Getting back to Eddie Rosner - he barely escaped with his life on several occasions. Take a look at the video and enjoy!
      

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