Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News Lena Dunham’s Purim Shpiel and ‘Two by Two’
Lena Dunham of HBO’s ‘Girls’ Uncensored at Jewish Museum Purim Ball Wearing a sleeveless silver-and-black sequined dress that showcased her tattoos, 26-year-old Lena Dunham, creator and star of the HBO Series “Girls,” exclaimed “Welcome to my bat mitzvah!” to the 1,000-strong festive crowd at the Jewish Museum’s Purim Ball, titled “Who Wears the Crown?” Held…
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News NJOP Debate and Valentine’s Salon
ATHEIST MICHAEL STEINHARDT AND RABBI EPHRAIM BUCHWALD DEBATE AT NJOP’ S SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Guests at the National Jewish Outreach Program’s silver anniversary dinner on February 5 were told to “fasten [their] seatbelts” in anticipation of the debate on the state of American Jewry between NJOP founder and director Rabbi Efraim Buchwald and atheist philanthropist…
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News Remembering Vladka Meed
“This is a celebration of a life lived,” said David Posner, senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, in his invocation at the February 3 “Memorial and Celebration of an Extraordinary Life — Vladka Meed, 1921–2012,” held at the synagogue’s Lowenstein Auditorium. Vladka Meed was a leader in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising; she died in Phoenix on…
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News “Superman at 75” Unmasks the Superhero as a Jew from the Planet Krypton
On January 27, Superman fans—many sporting Superman logo T-shirts—landed on Krypton, also known as the Center for Jewish History for a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the creation of Superman. All were eager to hear Larry Tye, author of “Superman The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero,” expound on the comic book hero’s…
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News Recalling Ed Koch, New York’s Favorite (Off-Color) Yiddish-Speaking Mayor
A chilly rain was no obstacle for the crowd that poured into the Museum of Modern Art on January 29 for a sneak-preview screening of Neil Barsky’s cleverly crafted documentary about former New York City mayor Edward Koch, who died of congestive heart failure just three days later. Guests included a slew of mayoral candidates:…
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News Friends of Bezalel Gathering and a Surprise Phone Call from Tovah Feldshuh
Ido Aharoni Touts “Borat” at Friends of Bezalel Gala Honoring Leonard Polonsky “A win-win situation in politics in Israel means I win twice!” joked Ido Aharoni, Israel’s consul general in New York, at the January 24 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design gala that honored financier, philanthropist and renaissance man extraordinaire Leonard Polonsky. Surprising the…
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News Remembering Joseph Landis and Gilbert and Sullivan’s Amy Maude Helfer
In Praise Of Joseph Landis, Yiddish Culture’s Champion At Queens College (CUNY) Were it not for Queens College professor Joseph Landis, who died January 6, at the age of 95—Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, Alma Singer, might never have come to my home for a vegetarian Friday-night dinner of eggplant parmesan casserole. Founder and…
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News Remembering Jack Klugman, A Jewish Pastry Chef and an Animated Dutch Gem
Remembering Jack Klugman and a Forward-Reading Psychiatrist From Missouri Of my encounters over the years with actor Jack Klugman, who died at 90 on December 24, 2012, I vividly recall the February 1998 Annual Theatre Hall of Fame ceremony at the Gershwin Theatre, at which Tony Randall was an honoree. Introduced by Rudy Giuliani, who…
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