Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Ambassador Thomas Pickering Cited at Blue Card Gala
“It’s is one of the most beautiful organizations I have heard of in my life,” emcee Danny Burstein told the guests at Blue Card’s Annual Benefit at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Currently playing Herr Schultz in “Cabaret,” the award-nominated actor touted The Blue Card as “The only charity in the U.S. whose mission is…
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The Schmooze French Jewish Singer Patrick Bruel Rocks Beacon Theater
“What is the mood of the Jewish community in France and your reaction to[Jean-Marie] Le Pen’s [past] comment about you?” I asked French-Jewish Algerian-born singer-actor Patrick Bruel. We were chatting post performance at Manhattan’s Beacon Theater following the launch of his U.S. tour. “Le Pen…it’s not new,” he responded. “There have been provocations. You know…
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The Schmooze American Friends Israel Museum ‘Rock The Garden’ Gala
It was a high-energy multi generation crowd at the American Friends of the Israel Museum’s “Rock the Garden” Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street. Overhead a huge “Rock the Garden” neon sign, plus a wall-sized display of LP’s against an orange background. Denim fabric decorated with metal snaps and zippers tubular table centerpieces helped make the…
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The Schmooze Bill Ackman Lauded By Police and Fire Widows Benefit Fund
“I have always appreciated the work done by our bravest and finest” said hedge fund whiz William Ackman founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management L.P., honoree at the New York Police & Fire Widows’ & Children’s 29th Benefit Fund’s Gala at The Waldorf-Astoria. Honored for his “steadfast commitment to the non-profit’s mission,” Ackman…
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The Schmooze Donna Karan Honored at Lungevity Foundation Gala
‘It’s so great when other people wear your clothing,” joked fashion guru and founder of Donna Karan Ltd. Donna Karan, honoree at the Lungevity Foundation’s Celebration of Hope Gala at The Pierre. Wearing a body-hugging black silk sleeveless dress, long black shawl, black boots and imposing triangular tribal metal necklace, fashion was not on the…
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The Schmooze Bernard-Henri Levy Makes Charlie Rose Blush at Hermoine-Lafayette Gala
In advance of the anticipated arrival in New York in 2015 of the “Freedom Frigate” Hermione-Lafayette — Friends of Hermione-Lafayette in America celebrated its Inaugural October Gala aboard the USS Intrepid Air & Space Museum. Moet Hennessy flowed and a leggy beauty dispensed teaspoonfuls of Petrossian caviar to the black tie guests — six hundred…
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The Schmooze Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Jack Jacobs Honored at Military Ball
Joking about his height at the podium at the October 13 U.S. Air Force, Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’, Coast Guard and Airmen’s Club’s 18th Annual Military Ball, U.S. Army (Ret) Col. Jack Jacobs — the only living Jewish recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor — cautioned the bemedaled and gowned military assemblage at The Pierre not…
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The Schmooze Jesuit Tzadik and Audi Honored by FASPE Fellowship
“You cannot murder eleven million people without the cooperation of journalists, doctors, lawyers, society as a whole,” declared Peter John Sacripanti, chair at the FASPE (Fellowship at Auschwitz For The Study of Professional Ethics) inaugural dinner held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Anthony Kronman, emcee and former dean of Yale Law School informed that…
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