Background
Boxer, Tim was born on May 12, 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Gabriel and Annie (Gampel) Boxer.
(During his twenty-year tenure as show-business reporter f...)
During his twenty-year tenure as show-business reporter for The New York Post and as current celebrity columnist for New York's Jewish Week, Tim Boxer's stock-in-trade has been attending banquets, celebrity roasts, awards dinners, and Broadway and Hollywood openings to seek out the top personalities of the day for news and scoops. Wherever celebrities go, he follows. And while black-tie guests sit patiently for the orations to end, Tim takes copious notesand wonderfully candid photographs. From the countless speeches to which this accomplished journalist listens, he winnows the most memorable anecdotes to share with his readership. Here, for the first time in book form, Tim Boxer presents the best that he has uncovered at celebrity functions. You will find hilarious stories, silly gags, and witty comments by or about such top performers as Milton Berle, Jason Alexander, Richard Dreyfuss, Dustin Hoffman, Jerry Lewis, Barbra Streisand, Larry Miller, Sammy Davis, Jr., Alan King, and Joan Rivers. And there is also the clever, sometimes heartwarming, humor and anecdotage of such luminaries as Theodore Bikel, Kirk Douglas, Alan Dershowitz, Howard Cosell, and Henry Kissinger. Laugh with the stars and enjoy the sparkling photos as you turn the pages of Tim Boxer's Jewish Celebrity Anecdotes. You will get to know your favorite Jewish celebrities as you never did before.
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Boxer, Tim was born on May 12, 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Gabriel and Annie (Gampel) Boxer.
Student, United College, Canada, 1952. Student, Herzl Junior College, 1954. Student, Hebrew Theological College, 1956.
Student, Northwestern University, 1955.
News editor National Jewish Post, Chicago, 1956-1957. Reporter City News Bureau, 1957-1959. City editor Sentinel of Chicago, 1958-1960.
Assistant public relations director Israel Bonds of Chicago, 1960. Publicist for Dick Gregory Chicago, 1960-1961. Eastern publicity manager Playboy magazine and Playboy Club of New York, 1961-1962.
Freelance public relations specialist, 1963-1967. Assistant to Earl Wilson New York City, 1967-1983. Freelance photographer, since 1967.
Columnist Jewish Week of New York, since 1978, United Feature Syndicate, 1984-1985, New York Post, 1979-1986, Open Air of New York, 1996. Producer Manhattan Cable television, 1974-1977. Founder, president Minyan of the Stars, since 1987.
Founding executive director House of Levi, since 1997. Public, editor www.15MinutesMag.com, since 1999.
(During his twenty-year tenure as show-business reporter f...)
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Served with Army of the United States, 1957. Member International Platform Association, Young Israel, Zionist Organization American, Jewish War Veterans, B'nai B'rith, B'nai Zion, American-Israel Friendship League.
Married Nina Naham, June 12, 1977. Children: Gabriel Paul, David Michael.