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David Belasco Buried with Jewish Fites: Memorial Service at Central Synagogue in New York

May 18, 1931
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The funeral of David Belasco, the Dean of the American Stage, will take place to-morrow (Sunday) with Jewish religious rites, beginning with a memorial service at the Central Synagogue, of which he was a member, conducted by Rabbi Jonah B. Wise. Tributes are pouring in from all over the country and from Europe, praising Belasco as the greatest treatrical produces of his day.

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