Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Joel Grey and Harvey Weinstein Honored at Fred and Adele Astaire Awards
“I’ve always been in love with dance and always will be,” honoree Joel Grey told the audience at the 33rd Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards 2015 held at NYU Skirball Center of the Performing Arts. Recipient of the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award, Grey lauded a roster of Broadway choreographers noting: “My life was…
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The Schmooze Newt Gingrich Talks Tough About Anti-Semitism
Newt Gingrich, one of seven honorees at the May 28 Third Annual “Champions of Jewish Values Awards Gala,” at the Marriott Marquis, launched his no holds barred address to the nearly 800 guests with: “I want to talk to you with a heavy heart.” Recipient of the Guardian of Israel Award, Former Speaker of the…
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The Schmooze Tzedaka, Wall Street Style: Howard Lutnick Honored By Museum of Jewish Heritage
“We are much more about life than death,” informed David Marwell director and CEO of the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial To The Holocaust at the museum’s 19th Annual Heritage Dinner on May 26 held at the museum which honored Howard Lutnick Chairman and CEO, Cantor Fitzgerald, LP. “This building came together in…
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The Schmooze Mark Podwal’s Mozart and Prague in NYC
“When I first went to Camp Cejwin at 12, I knew nothing about Judaism. By the end of the summer, I was able to lead services in Hebrew and decided to go to Hebrew School before my Bar Mitzvah” renowned Judaica artist Mark Podwal, whose current project is a series of posters for each new…
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The Schmooze USS Intrepid ‘Salute to Freedom’ Gala Looks to the Future
Among the 650 black tie civilians, admirals, generals, officers and enlisted personnel aboard the hangar deck of the USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum for the May 21 “Salute to Freedom” 24th Gala were event co-chair Bruce Mosler of Cushman & Wakefield, Fisher Brothers chairman emeritus Arnold Fisher, Howard Lutnick of Cantor Fitzgerald, and…
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The Schmooze Anne Meara, Ben Stiller’s Chutzpahdic Mom, Dies at 85
Anne Meara, acerbic, no khokmes (no BS) comedian wife of Jerry Stiller and mother of actor Ben Stiller who died at 85 on May 23, 2015, has, over the decades, been a frequent visitor in this column. When Anne and Jerry were honored with the Alan King American Jewish Humor Award at the November 25,…
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The Schmooze Candice Bergen, Renee Fleming Honored By Einstein Women’s Division
At the May 19 Albert Einstein of Medicine Women’s Division’s 61st Annual “Spirit of Achievement” Luncheon at the newly refurbished Rainbow Room, honorees Candice Bergen and Renee Fleming added comedic edge to their sober, substantive acceptance speeches. “I’m incredibly honored to receive the Einstein Award and so happy I thought to wear the right outfit…
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The Schmooze Masha Leon’s Voice from the Past in Stonehill Jewish Song Collection
When in the fall of 1948—I was asked to sing a Yiddish song for a man sitting in the lobby of the Hotel Marseilles on Broadway and 103 rd Street recording songs by Holocaust survivors, I could not have imagined that decades later it would be part of the “Stonehill Jewish Song Collection” and that…
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