Rita Karin (born Rita Karpinowicz; October , â€" September , ) was a
Polish-born American actress best known for her role as Jackie Mason's
mother on the TV series Chicken Soup. She also appeared as Meryl
Streep's Brooklyn landlady who appears at the beginning of Sophie's
Choice. Her voice can be heard singing children's songs from the camps
in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.Born to Moses Karpinowicz
and Rachel Levitan in Wilno, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania),
Rita and her husband, Norbert Horowitz, a graduate of the Moscow State
Jewish Theater, create a Yiddish theater that performed for Holocaust
survivors throughout Europe. The couple emigrated in to the United
States, where she acted in the Yiddish theater in New York City. She
and other actors read the works of Sholom Aleichem at the home of Bel
Kaufman, Aleichem's granddaughter, each year on the anniversary of the
writer's death.Rita Karin died at from undisclosed causes in New York
City. She was survived by her son, Dr. Michael Horowitz, and daughter,
Mrs. Rochelle Axelrod, and five grandchildren.
Polish-born American actress best known for her role as Jackie Mason's
mother on the TV series Chicken Soup. She also appeared as Meryl
Streep's Brooklyn landlady who appears at the beginning of Sophie's
Choice. Her voice can be heard singing children's songs from the camps
in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.Born to Moses Karpinowicz
and Rachel Levitan in Wilno, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania),
Rita and her husband, Norbert Horowitz, a graduate of the Moscow State
Jewish Theater, create a Yiddish theater that performed for Holocaust
survivors throughout Europe. The couple emigrated in to the United
States, where she acted in the Yiddish theater in New York City. She
and other actors read the works of Sholom Aleichem at the home of Bel
Kaufman, Aleichem's granddaughter, each year on the anniversary of the
writer's death.Rita Karin died at from undisclosed causes in New York
City. She was survived by her son, Dr. Michael Horowitz, and daughter,
Mrs. Rochelle Axelrod, and five grandchildren.
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