- Ben Sharav recreating the scene in a 1929 edition of Ring Magazine when Jack Kid Berg made his New York debut in Madison Square Garden.
He entered the ring wrapped in tallis, the prayer shawl worn in synagogues. Around his right arm and on his head he wore tefilin, the small leather box containing sacred scripture, trailed by leather straps, which is put on by observant jews for morning prayers. He proceeded to go through an elaborate ritual of slowly unwinding the leather straps from around his body, tenderly kissing them, and placing the materials in a gold-embossed velvet bag, which he then carefully handed to his chief second, Ray Arcel. His trunks, as always, were adorned with the star of David.
- Ben Sharav recreating the scene in a 1929 edition of Ring Magazine when Jack Kid Berg made his New York debut in Madison Square Garden.
- Ben Sharav recreating the scene in a 1929 edition of Ring Magazine when Jack Kid Berg made his New York debut in Madison Square Garden.
