Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Hillary Clinton Presents Theodor Herzl Award to Elie and Marion Wiesel
A radiant, Hillary Clinton in a midnight blue silk gown, bounded up the stage at the Waldorf-Astoria’s Starlight Roof to present the World Jewish Congress’ Theodor Herzl Award to Marion and Elie Wiesel at the Congress’ November 19 Award Dinner. “When I was First Lady, Elie spoke at the White House as part of a…
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The Schmooze Sigmund Rolat Receives Jan Karski Award
Recipient of the Jan Karski Award at the November 18 David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies 10th Anniversary Dinner was survivor, philanthropist, Sigmund Rolat. In his acceptance speech Rolat — who unveiled a monument dedicated to Czestochowa’s 40,000 Jewish citizens who perished in Treblinka, restored the city’s philharmonic–naming it after Bronislaw Huberman (founder of…
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The Schmooze ‘Stars of David’ — Oy the Guilt!
“How am I Jewish?” “How Jewish am I?” “Let me count the ways… Do I really want to be Jewish?” “Why wasn’t I more Jewish?” are among the soul- searching, often uneasy questions at the heart of the laughter-eliciting, at times guilt-riddled “Stars of David” musical journey at the D-R-2 Theatre off Union Square. Superb…
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The Schmooze Forbidden Auschwitz Art on the Move
“This is the second time I am here,” Poland’s ambassador to the United States, Ryszard Schnepf said from the bimah of Park East Synagogue at the November 12th launch of the New York exhibition of “Forbidden Art” created by prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau. to Holocaust survivor and Kristallnacht witness Rabbi Arthur Schneier, the assemblage and diplomats…
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The Schmooze Jackie O’s Jewish Knight
The extensive media coverage of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy also showcases Jackie Kennedy front and center as Camelot’s crown jewel. Fashion trend-setter, charmer of world leaders, restorer of the White House’s historic treasure, she is credited as the meticulous architect—down to the gravesite eternal light — of her…
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The Schmooze Michael Bloomberg Honored by Yad Vashem
To shouts of “We love you mayor!” Michael Bloomberg mounted the dais at the November 10 American & International Societies for Yad Vashem’s Annual Tribute Dinner at the Sheraton New York Hotel to accept the Societies’ Remembrance Award. “If I have one regret,” said the soon-to-be-departing mayor, “it’s that my parents did not live to…
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The Schmooze Daryl Roth, ‘Kinky Boots’ Producer, Honored By Einstein
“Thank you for coming to my Bar Mitzvah!” joked emcee Jordan Roth, president of Jujamcyn Theatres, to the festive crowd at The Plaza Hotel for the November 11 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Women’s Division 50th Anniversary Celebration which honored his mother, Broadway producer Daryl Roth, and philanthropist Benjamin Winter. “I knew little of what…
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The Schmooze Chuck Hagel Shows Some Love For Leon Panetta at ADL Gala
With Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel as award presenter to former Secretary of Defense and former Director of the CIA Leon Panetta at the Anti-Defamation League’s October 31 Centennial Gala at The Grand Hyatt , the event turned out to be a mega hit. Emceed by NBC New York host Kaitlin Monte Miss New York…
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