Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Robert Klein on When The Catskills Were Comedy Central
Ever wonder what Jerry Lewis and Jerry Seinfeld have in common? Then go see the Borscht Belt flashback express a/k/a “When Comedy Went to School” a film written by Lawrence Richards directed by Ron Frank and Mevlut Akkaya arriving in New York City on July 31 at IFC and Manhattan’s JCC. A 77-minute history-packed narrative…
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The Schmooze Zombies, Mutants and Bob Fingerman
“My early career was like stages of grieving,“ award-winning comic and graphic novel creator Bob Fingerman told the crowd at the July 10 launch of his exhibit at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Gallery at the Society of Illustrators. “It was denial, bitterness, pornography…teenage mutant Ninja Turtles [which] as I drew them, turned…
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The Schmooze The Heroic Brit Who Saved 600 Jewish Children
To the roster of Righteous Gentiles that includes Oskar Schindler and Chiune Sugihara — the Japanese diplomat who in 1940 issued 2039 visas that saved 6000 Jews (including my mother and me) — one must now add Sir Nicholas Winton whose British chutzpah illuminates the Menemsha Film documentary “Nicky’s Family.” Directed by Matej Minac, the…
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The Schmooze Remembering Cynthia Lufkin
When I arrived at the plush Doubles club at the Fifth Avenue Sherry Netherlands for the March 2, 2010 book launch hosted by Dr. Marisa Weiss, president and founder of Breastcancer.org., I was warmly greeted by event co-host — then breast cancer survivor — Cynthia Lufkin, who in 2008 was dubbed American Cancer Society’s “Mother…
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The Schmooze Betty Ehrenberg Honored by Yeshivot Bnei Akiva
“Seventy years ago we lost 40% of our people and a much greater percentage of our Torah scholars,” said Richard Stone, co-chairman of the American Friends of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva’s 34th Anniversary Tribute dinner held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on July 1 — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. “Anchored in the Jewish…
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The Schmooze British Apologies At NY Philharmonic Fourth of July Bash
Musical fireworks lit up Avery Fisher Hall on July 4th when the New York Philharmonic led by British-born conductor Bramwell Tovey and the U.S. Coast Guard Band, under the baton of Capt. Kenneth Megan, launched the NYP’s annual Star Spangled Celebration with a heart-thumping rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” which literally and figuratively thrilled…
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The Schmooze Glenn Close Fetes Pat Mitchell At Elly Awards
Never has the adage “If you want something done, ask a busy woman” so aptly fit the description of the honorees at the June 25 Women’s Forum of New York 2013 Elly Award Luncheon at The Plaza, which honored Maria Cuomo Cole and Pat Mitchell. Formidable women with paragraph-long rosters of accomplishments, both were honored…
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The Schmooze Maurice Sendak’s ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ at Society of Illustrators
There are monsters, dogs, cats, lions and “Wild Things” lurking on the walls of the Society of Illustrators’ East 63rd St. home in Manhattan. At the June 14 opening reception for “Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work,” guests were greeted by Society of Illustrators Executive Director Anelle Miller sporting a “Wild…
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