[larlaw]

Actually, it is my recollection that while Diamond Dave is indeed Jewish, he was actually born in Bloomington, Indiana where his father, Dr. Nathan Roth, was a podiatrist before he moved his practice and his family to Pasadena. (I had a subscription to Circus magazine in high school and I'm pretty sure that is what I read...)

[dennisw]

Diamond Dave is indeed Jewish, he was actually born in Bloomington, Indiana where his father, Dr. Nathan Roth, was a podiatrist

The internet confirms this. I am sure I read David Lee Roth's claim he was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Which is black now but used to be Jewish. I always felt it didn't sound right. Seems he was putting on the interviewer about Roxbury.