[Dixielandjazz] True?

[Rfoxbro at aol.com]

A friend sent this to me. Can anyone vouch for its authenticity (esp. the 
last sentence)?
 
Bob Brodsky
Secretary/Historian
SBNOJC
Redondo Beach, CA
 
 
LOUIS 
Did you know that?

"At the beginning of last century, in the emotional hotbed of
New Orleans, a child slave of the ghetto was born of a prostitute
mother  and “missing” father.

He somehow stumbled into the attention of a financially
poor  but loving Russian Jewish immigrant family, the Karnofskys.
This little  fellow, with an appreciative, magnetic personality,
attached himself to  the father, to help him with his
horse-and-wagon hauling business. The  Karnofskys loved the child,
took him in for dinners, including Shabbat, and provided more
than bed and shelter.
They provided him with the love he needed, and his first musical
instrument that led this confused, hungry youngster onto worldwide
fame — as a jazz performer, music innovator and worldwide ambassador
for  humanity. Louis Armstrong proudly spoke fluent Yiddish, from
his childhood  through his whole life, and always wore a Star of
David around his neck."