Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze How Poker And Cigars Helped Save Jews In The Philippines
Who could have imagined that cigars and poker would be the main ingredients in the recipe of rescue of Jews on the cusp of World War II? “Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust,” tells the story of how the five Frieder brothers from Cincinnati, built a cigar empire in Manila and with the…
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The Schmooze New York Pops Celebrates Songwriter Stephen Schwartz
It was a magical night at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium as the New York Pops, the biggest symphonic pops orchestra in America, honored composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz at its April 12 tribute “The Wizard & I: The Musical Journey of Stephen Schwartz.” New York Pops conductor and music director Steven Reineke boasted to the…
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News HBO Premiere of “50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus” and Holocaust Memorial Event at Temple Emanu-El
Myth Busting at HBO Premiere of “50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus” Myth-busting was an unexpected bonus at the April 3 New York premiere of HBO’s documentary “50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus” held at HBO’s New York headquarters. Among the guests: film director Steven Pressman, film…
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News Amy Winehouse Foundation Gala and Jewish Women’s Foundation Benefit
Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett a Gutsy Duo at Amy Winehouse Foundation Gala “Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg. It would have been better if you’d sent $10 million or something… but a plaque is much appreciated,” joked Mitch Winehouse, father of the late British global music star Amy Winehouse, at the March 21 Amy Winehouse Foundation…
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News Nobelist Eric Kandel Witty and Cerebral at Jewish Book Council Awards
“You’ll walk out of this room with a slightly different brain than you walked into it, because of [the evening’s] experience,” said neuropsychiatrist Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize winner and the recipient of the Jewish Book Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award, at the JBC’s National Book Award Ceremony, held on March 14 at the Center for Jewish…
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News Marc Spiegel Plays Emanuel Ringelblum for U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
More than 2,000 survivors attended the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s daylong program of Holocaust-related films and workshops at the New York Hilton on March 3. I was moved by actor Marc Spiegel’s one-man dramatization of the secret operation named Oneg Shabbat (Hebrew for Joy of Sabbath), a project undertaken by the historian Emanuel Ringelblum in…
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News Merryl Tisch Toasted and Jamie deRoy and Friends Performance
Merryl Tisch Toasted by Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts “There are three paths to being an educator — a teacher, an academic or a policymaker,” Lincoln Center Chair Katherine Farley said of honoree Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, at the March 5 Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts…
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News Rhodes Scholar Ronan Farrow, Nobel Laureate Martti Ahtisaari and Heinz Ketchup on the Menu at National Committee on American Foreign Policy Gala
“It seems like just yesterday I was wet behind the ears, a 23-year-old running a State Department bureau,” Ronan Farrow, the son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, told the 270 guests March 5, at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy’s gala. Held at the Plaza, the gala was co-chaired by Paul Volcker. “The…
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