Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News Albright Broaches Brooches at a Gem of a Gala
“Every major life event is marked by a presentation of jewelry,” said TV anchor Deborah Norville, mistress of ceremonies, at the January 9 Gem Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street. The glittering black-tie event honored Sybil and David Yurman, founders of David Yurman Design, Inc.; Carmen Borgonovo, a W Magazine editor, and the world-renowned jeweler…
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News Saluting One Who Challenged the ‘Ultimate Taboo’
Eric Breindel, the late chief editorial writer for the New York Post, was honored with the first American Jewish Historical Society Kenneth J. Bialkin Citigroup Public Service Award at a December 17 “In Memoriam (1955-1998)” tribute at the Center for Jewish History. It was established “in recognition of [AJHS chairman] Bialkin’s 16 years as a…
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News Stars Come Out for Israel Philharmonic
The American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra concert at Carnegie Hall began without preamble on December 15. Zubin Mehta, the IPO’s conductor and music director for life, strode across the stage and led a standing orchestra in a stirring “Star-Spangled Banner” followed by a spine-tingling “Hatikvah.” After thanking IPO’s “great friend Lily Safra,” who…
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News JNF Tree of Life Branches Out To Embrace Feldshuh and Zaks
“Don’t mess with Tovah!” warned Lewis J. Stadlen, master of ceremonies at the Jewish National Fund’s December 8 Tree of Life Award dinner at the Marriott Marquis honoring Tovah Feldshuh (“Golda’s Balcony”) and stage director Jerry Zaks (“Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” and “Lend Me…
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News An Anti-Smoking Legacy; a Love-Filled ADL Good-bye
“When I was at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts,” recalled Kirk Douglas at the November 24 American Legacy Foundation dinner at Cipriani 42nd St., “I met Lauren Bacall. She was a beautiful 16-year-old…. I was a poor boy. I had no raincoat…. Her uncle gave me an overcoat that I wore for two years….
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News Doctors Fill the House at Lenox Hill’s ‘Fantastique’ Ball
“Is there a doctor in the house?” NBC’s “Today” anchor Ann Curry joked at the November 18 Lenox Hill Hospital “Fantastique” ball at the Waldorf-Astoria when she presented the Medal of Distinction to her co-host Al Roker and to ABC’s “20/20” regular Deborah Roberts, who is married to Roker. “I’m embarrassed at seeing all the…
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News Two Firsts for an Interethnic Foundation
A “Salute to Musical Theatre,” performed at the Rainbow Room by Patti Lupone, Audra McDonald, Ann Reinking, Roy Scheider, Michael Smith and the superb Boys Choir of Harlem enhanced the celebrity-studded November 17 “Stella by Starlight” gala to benefit the Stella Adler School of Acting. Ellen Adler announced that her mother’s Stella Adler/Clurman Archives are…
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News Friendship, Culture Link America, Israel
“We are the No. 1 target of a new form of antisemitism….. Israel has become the collective Jew,” said Mortimer Zuckerman, president of the America-Israel Friendship League, at the league’s November 12 Partners for Democracy Award dinner. “If the Iraq venture fails,” Zuckerman cautioned, “a new wave of antisemitism will target the Jews of the…
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