Hey, ho, let's go!: All sorts of Jewish entertainment history to dive into. A lot happened this week in Jewish history, and many of these events have the common thread of being creative contributions by Jews. This week in 1927 the Neil Simon Theater opens and George Gershwin's "Funny Face" opens in NYC, in 1928, Ravel's Bolero was performed in public for the first time in Paris, in 1929 Gertrude Berg makes debut in radio's The Goldbergs. In 1957 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel appear n American Bandstand as "Tom & Jerry". And this week, we marked the yartzeit of poet Emma Lazarus.

Dig Jewish entertainment history? Here are some of my favorite reads on the subject: In Their Own Image: New York Jews in Jazz Age Popular Culture by Ted Merkin, The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk by Steven Lee Beeber (I really like that book), Something Ain't Kosher Here: The Rise of the 'Jewish' Sitcom by Vincent Brook, Vagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater by Nahma Sandrow.