Did Club Members Convey Their Cover-Up Story to Schwartz in English Or Hungarian?

[Sam Flynn]

If, however, he were Austro-Hungarian . . .

Well, perhaps... burg


Behold, the evolution of a myth:

Hapsburg Lip ---> Hippy Lip Annie ---> Israel Schwartz ---> Isaac Kozebrodski ---> Israel Lip-ski

No takers?

[Fisherman]

Well, perhaps... burg

Fisherman

[lynn cates]

My take.

Hello Gareth. Thanks.

Lovely--but where shall I take it? (heh-heh)

Cheers.
LC

[Bridewell]

The title of this thread is a bit like the old question: "When did you stop beating your wife?"

[Rosella]

There were Russian and Polish Jews who were members of the club too. Surely the fact that the 'Arbeter Fraint' was published in Yiddish shows that Yiddish was the lingua franca among the Jewish population of the East End at that time.