Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Soroka — A Preemie Oasis in the Negev
“It took a famous baby to die pre-term — Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, son of John and Jacqueline Kennedy — to make the call to the world that babies matter,” said Dr. Agneta Golan, Director of Soroka Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to the guests at the American Friend of Soroka Medical Center Gala Benefit…
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The Schmooze Remembering Eli Wallach, Yiddish Theater Champion
Each time I met Eli Wallach — whom I had known for nearly 30 years (and always with his wife Anne Jackson at his side) — he greeted me warmly. Ever gracious, he’s sent handwritten ‘thank you’ notes following mentions in my column and a particularly sweet one after my review of their daughter Roberta’s performance…
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The Schmooze Calvary Hospital Boasts A Rescued World War II Torah
“Most men need one woman to keep ‘em straight — I need four — and these are all nurses, Dr. Mark Kris, an honoree at the 31st Annual Calvary Hospital Gala, told the 400 black tie guests at The Pierre. The lead physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering — IBM Watson Collaboration Attending Physician Memorial Hospital,…
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The Schmooze Inside Dr. Ruth’s 86th Birthday Bash
When is a swan not a swan? The question raises mental images of Correggio’s 1531 painting of a nude woman with a swan on her lap, his elongated neck between her naked breasts or William Butler Yeats’ poem “Leda and the Swan.” But for the answer you need to go to Dr. Ruth Westheimer’s latest…
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The Schmooze Topol Wows at Folksbiene ‘Fiddler’ 50th
Lots of Motls, Goldas and Tzeitels, but only one world-famous Tevye — Topol— were on stage at Town Hall for the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene’s June 9 extravaganza “Raising the Roof: A tribute to “Fiddler on the Roof.” The show seamlessly showcased multi-generational alumni of “Fiddler”— including Pia Zadora – reaching back to the 1967 Broadway…
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The Schmooze ‘Fiddler’ Lyricist Sheldon Harnick Turns 90
“The sad thing is that Joe Stein and Jerry Bock can’t be part of this celebration,” mused lyricist Sheldon Harnick at his 90th birthday bash hosted on June 2 by Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, a principal of Bernstein Global Management at its New York City headquarters. It was Stein who wrote the book, and Bock who wrote…
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The Schmooze Remembering Senator Roy Goodman
The announcement of Senator Roy Goodman’s death on June 3 at 84 threw me for a loop. I had just seen him on May 19th at the City College of New York launch of City College Center for the Arts. Held at Bonhams Madison Avenue Gallery he was surrounded by family — daughter Claire Pellegrini…
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The Schmooze A (Jewish) Solar Solution to Maternal Mortality
The Jewish Women’s of New York Foundation’s 18th Benefit Luncheon at The Plaza honored writer-journalist Marilyn Berger, “Pulmonologist Dr. Marion Bergman, and investment maven Carol Eininger. Moderated by broadcast journalist Paula Zahn, the “Chai” celebration touted its [to date] over 100 organizations and $3 million in grants that have helped transform the lives of Israeli,…
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