Were Babs and Bobby Buddies?
The Times also reports that Fischer “was said to be friendly” with Barbra Streisand when they were both students at Brooklyn’s Erasmus Hall high school.
The Forward’s Nathaniel Popper explored Fischer’s strange and hateful obsession with Jews back in 2004.
UPDATE: In other Barbra Streisand-related news, JTA reports (via Maariv) that the famed songstress will be participating in Israel’s 60th birthday celebrations, as will Steven Spielberg.
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