Harry Houdini a boarding house on East 79th Street. He was joined by the rest of the family once Rabbi Weiss found permanent housing. As a child, Ehrich Weiss took several jobs, making his public début as a 9-year-old trapeze artist, calling himself "Ehrich, the Prince of the Air". He was also a champion cross country runner in his youth. When Weiss became a professional magician he began calling himself "Harry Houdini", after the French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, after reading Robert-Houdin's autobiography in 1890. Weiss incorrectly believed that an "i" at the end of a name meant "like" in French. In
Wiesław Weiss Wiesław Weiss Wiesław Weiss (born 1956) is a Polish journalist and writer interested in rock music and film. Weiss first rock music article was for "Jazz" magazine (the magazine subsequently changed its name to "Magazyn Muzyczny") and he has written for many other magazines over the years, including "Film" magazine and "Playboy". He has also worked in radio, concentrating on rock music. In 1991 he and his friends created a monthly magazine called "Tylko Rock" ("Just Rock"), which changed its name to "Teraz Rock" ("Now Rock") in 2003; Weiss has been editor-in-chief throughout this time. In 1991 Weiss completed his