Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Remembering Frank Lautenberg
Whenever I think of Senator Frank Lautenberg — who died on June 2 of viral pneumonia — the most indelible memory that surfaces is the August 18, 1996, National Democratic Party fund-raising trifecta for then president Bill Clinton’s 50th birthday. Imagine: First a $1,500 a head ticket to a Sheraton Hotel reception at with a…
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The Schmooze Prince Edward and Dr. Ruth Toast the Queen
“Quick! Put down your drink! The prince is coming!” I called out to Ruth Westheimer during the pre-dinner mingling at the May 22 Red, White & Blue Duke of Edinburgh International Award Gala held at the Essex House. During my chat with Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex at the gala’s pre-dinner’s private reception, I recalled…
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The Schmooze Willie Geist Talks About Dad at Gala
Though neither an honoree, nor physically present at the festive May 16 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Bal du Printemps Gala — except via video — adding heart, soul and a touch of humor to the evening was “CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent Bill Geist. “It’s hard to appreciate what living with Parkinson’s means until one in that…
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The Schmooze Patti Kenner at Heritage Museum Wins Kudos
“Every day I thank my lucky stars that Patti Kenner is on our team and that the museum is an important part of her philanthropy,” David Marwell, director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, told the 300 guests at the museum’s 17th annual Heritage Dinner held at the…
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The Schmooze Irish and Jewish Humor on Display at Robert Briscoe Awards
At the May 13 Emerald Isle Immigration Center’s 2013 Annual Robert Briscoe Award Ceremony at Manhattan’s 21 Club honoring Robert Astrowsky, assistant secretary of the United Federation of Teachers and Edward Grebow, president and CEO of Amalgamated Bank, EIIC chair Brian O’Dwyer told the assemblage: “At a bad time in Belfast, in a dark alley,…
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The Schmooze Elie Wiesel And Evgeny Kissin At YIVO Gala
The piano was tuned, the vodka was flowing and world renowned pianist Evgeny Kissin posed for photos with noshers and nibblers at the pre-concert reception of the YIVO Institute for Yiddish Research’s 12th Annual Heritage Gala at the Center for Jewish History on May 7. “Just as there is love at first sight, there is…
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The Schmooze Donny Deutsch and Bonnie Fuller Talk Mud And Power
It was chic, short and sleeveless at the “Women of Influence: The Event” reception at New York’s JW Marriott Essex House on May 7. Following welcoming remarks by Jennifer Gross, chair, Women’s Executive Circle UJA-Federation of New York, emcee Bianna Golodryga, co-anchor, Good Morning America ABC News Correspondent, told the 250 guests: “As Jewish women,…
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The Schmooze ‘A Chorus Line’ for Marvin Hamlisch at Memorial
“He’d be so happy. He so loved his college! ” a passionate, upbeat Terre Blair Hamlisch said as she recalled her late husband to the full house at the Hamlisch Memorial Concert at Queens College’s Kupferberg Center for the Arts on May 5. Originally scheduled for November 12, 2012, the event was postponed because of…
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