"Actually, Gene was hired by my mother, Anne U. Greenberg, in late 1933 or early 1934, to replace a dancing teacher at the Beth Shalom Synagogue (NOT the Rodef Shalom Temple, as reported above). The Synagogue had to replace its original teacher, who repeatedly failed to show up for Sunday dancing classes that were sponsored by the Sisterhood. So Anne, a Sisterhood member, "scouted" the University of Pittsburgh's "Cap and Gown" production, and asked its young director (Gene) if he would be interested in teaching. He was, and he was hired at Beth Shalom, where he remained our Sunday afternoon dancing instructor in the social hall until he left for Broadway in 1939."