Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Delia Ephron Dishes On Life And Marriage
“I’m shrinking! I’m in menopause! That’s when God says,’ Thank you for your children’” said actress Tovah Feldshuh, host at the May 1 American Friends of Rabin Medical Center’s luncheon at Manhattan’s landmark 21 Club, before handing the mic over to guest speaker Delia Ephron. Addressing the 80 elegantly dressed women, author, screenwriter, playwright and…
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The Schmooze Mayor Bloomberg Honored by JCRC
“There is nothing on my calendar that we have to do that does not involve the JCRC, Ido Aharoni, Israel’s consul general in New York, told the guests at the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York at its April 30 Gala at The Pierre. A Jewish event that ran like clockwork, the evening honored…
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The Schmooze Ernest Michel Feted by UJA at Lincoln Center
“I’m happy to be here. I am the only person to have been on staff for 67 years and it is not over yet!” declared 90-year old Ernest ‘Ernie’ Michel, Executive Vice President Emeritus UJA-Federation of New York, at the UJA-Federation April 29 benefit held at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Michel, who bears the…
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The Schmooze Tal R Honored at Tel Aviv Museum Gala
Though the directive was “cocktail attire,” it was follow your own fashion muse at the April 25 American Friends of Tel Aviv Museum of Art Spring Gala at The Pierre. From the black baseball cap and white shirt worn by honoree Danish artist Tal R to the chiffon, silk and sparkly creations by some of…
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The Schmooze Jean Shafiroff Feted at JBFCS Benefit
It was wall-to-wall photo-op smiles as Jean Shafiroff, stunning in an azure blue strapless above the knee silk dress, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg faced the Red Carpet photo blitz at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services 2013 Spring Benefit on April 24. Proceeding from The Plaza’s Palm Court, past its “Great…
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The Schmooze Jon Favreau and E.L. Doctorow At Bronx Science Gala
What do eight Nobel Prize winners, five Pulitzer Prize winners, Academy Award and Emmy winners and my husband, Joseph Leon (‘46) — at one time director of the Electron Microscope Laboratory at Columbia University — have in common? All were graduates of The Bronx High School of Science, which on April 20 held its 75th…
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The Schmooze Singer Einat Sarouf Leads A Hora At Weizmann Institute Gala
There was some heavy duty mingling between super scientists and mere mortals at the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Gala held at The Pierre on April 17. Shmoozers included Sam Waksal, Edith Everett and Sir James Wolfensohn. Sinuous Israeli singer Einat Sarouf launched the evening with her rendition of the Star Spangled…
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The Schmooze No Nuts, No Nonsense At Food Allergy Event
Six hundred and eighty elegantly dressed ladies were delighted with the no-nuts cookies, cakes and allergen-free treats for their food-allergic children offered by vendors at the April 17 FARE Luncheon at Cipriani 42nd Street. “This is our first New York luncheon as Food Allergy Research & Education-FARE for short,” said emcee ABC-TV Anchor Lori Stokes…
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