Blau himself was all for it, but when news of their betrothal got out, members of the Neturei Karta were horrified that he should even think of marrying a shikse (Gentile), even .
For the Brooklyn Jewish goil, they got a shikse from Alaska, and so after 708 performances and a gross for the show of $7,800,000, Barbra Streisand left Broadway's Funny Girl .