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
Marisa Weiss years. Weiss is the author of four books about breast cancer and breast health, published by Random House. Her Think Pink, Live Green project, a global breast cancer prevention initiative, has been promoted by Breastcancer.org since 2008. Weiss has been a repeat guest on ABC’s "Good Morning America", NBC’s "TODAY", CNN’s medical features, and "The Dr. Oz Show", among others. Weiss has appeared in women’s magazines, including "Elle", "Self", "Redbook", "Marie Claire", "Seventeen", "Cosmopolitan", "Good Housekeeping", "The Oprah Magazine", and "Better Homes and Gardens". Her books and other work has been quoted in a number of publications on the subject