Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News Reaching Out to the Unaffiliated; Honoring Pooch Power
As the orchestra played a waltz, the black-tie crowd filed into the Waldorf-Astoria’s ballroom for the National Jewish Outreach Program’s annual dinner February 4. Master of ceremonies and philanthropist Sam Domb — a Holocaust survivor introduced by NJOP founder Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald as “a close and constant advisor to Prime Minister Sharon” — labeled the…
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Israel News Israel-America Two-for-One Night in N.Y.
“In New York, two for one is a great deal,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the audience at the January 21 joint Israel Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic Orchestras’ gala benefit concert. “You got two conductors [Zubin Mehta and Lorin Maazel], two Mehtas [the conductor and his mother, Dehmi Mehta], two orchestras and two mayors,” Bloomberg…
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News A Gleaming Night at the Jewelers’ Gala; Siggi Memories
“Every day of my life, I bless America for giving me the freedom I enjoy,” said Gedalio “Gerry” Grinberg, chairman of the Movado Group and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the January 10 Jewelry Information Center’s inaugural Gem Award gala. Emceed by “Inside Edition” anchor Deborah Norville, the 700 black-tie guests at Cipriani…
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News Arab-Jew Duo Perform a ‘Prayer’ for Peace on Piano
On January 5, two Palestinian homicide bombers blew themselves up in Tel Aviv, killing 22 and maiming more than 100. Two days later, on January 7 at Steinway Hall in Manhattan, Charlotte White’s Salon De Virtuosi presented the “Palestinian-Israeli Two Piano Team” of Saleem Aboud Ashkar and Shai Wosner in a program titled “Middle Eastern…
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News A Light Shines Brightly From ‘Miracle on 16th Street’
Designating the Center for Jewish History “The Miracle on 16th Street,” its executive director, Joshua Plaut, welcomed guests to the center’s first board of directors and board of overseers’ fundraising dinner, held December 9 at its building. “We are kvelling at the success of our partner organizations,” Plaut said, alluding to the American Jewish Historical…
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