Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News Yeshiva University Hanukkah Convocation and Remembering Adrienne Cooper
Lew, President Obama’s Chief of Staff, Honored by Yeshiva University Nearly 1,000 guests crowded into the Waldorf-Astoria’s Rainbow Room for Yeshiva University’s 88th Annual Hanukkah Convocation on December 16, 2012, at which President Obama’s chief of staff, Jack Lew, recipient of an honorary Doctor of Law degree, was the keynote speaker. In his introductory comments,…
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News American Jewish Historical Society Dinner and Open University Foundation Gala
Susan Eisenhower Hails WWII Monuments Men at American Jewish Historical Society’s Emma Lazarus Dinner “I’m sorry I could not bring George with me tonight, but I’ve got him working on our film,” said Robert Edsel, founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation and a special guest at the American Jewish Historical Society’s 2012 Emma…
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News YIVO Gala; Food Allergy Initiative Ball; and Business Dynasty Gala
BARON DAVID DE ROTHSCHILD HONORED AT YIVO’s 87th ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA “I’m not Franco-centric, but you understand from my Gallic English that I am French,” said Baron David de Rothschild, honoree at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s 87th Benefit, which was held at the Center for Jewish History on December 4. A sixth-generation descendant…
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News Museum of Jewish Heritage Dinner and Alliance Française Gala
Blessings From Rabbi Yona Metzger at Museum of Jewish Heritage Dinner Honoring Survivor Semone Grossman “An accident of scheduling placed tonight’s dinner exactly at midpoint between Thanksgiving and the first night of Hanukkah, when we are reminded of miracles,” said David Marwell, director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the…
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News "My Name is Asher Lev," America-Israel Friendship League Dinner and Remembering Vladka Meed
Ralph Lauren Among the Chosen at Opening Night of “My Name Is Asher Lev” “I just saw your makheteyneste, “ I told the designer Ralph Lauren — who was clad in jeans, black turtleneck and a leather jacket — at the opening night of “My Name Is Asher Lev,” presented at New York City’s Westside…
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News Rabin Medical Center Gala, The Golden Land and Music for Medicine
NYC Police Commissioner and Israel’s Former Director of Shin Bet in Charlie Rose’s Spotlight at Rabin Medical Center Gala “We gather together tonight to pay tribute to the wonderful friendship between Israel and the United States and to support the Rabin Medical Center,” said TV interviewer Charlie Rose, master of ceremonies of the November 19…
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News Honoring Ron Perelman and Remembering Isaiah Sheffer
Honoree Ron Perelman Praises Hebrew Home at Riverdale at 95th Anniversary Dinner As harp and violin music played gently in the background, the buzz among the 500 black-tie guests at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale Foundation’s 95th anniversary dinner, which, held on November 11, raised $2.2 million, was about the devastation inflicted by Hurricane Sandy….
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News Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra of Exiles
Pianist Yuja Wang Wows Crowd at Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Concert at Carnegie Hall “Zetst zikh avek!” — “Sit down!”— said Zubin Mehta, music director and conductor for life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in beautifully articulated Yiddish at the American Friends of the IPO dinner, held at The Plaza. The dinner followed the IPO’s October…
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