Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News Ben Kingsley and Elie Wiesel Share Stage at U.S. Holocaust Museum’s New York Dinner
A rare treat for me at the October 23 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum New York Tribute Dinner, held at The Pierre, was a private pre-dinner chat with Academy Award-winning actor Ben Kingsley and the museum’s founding chairman, Elie Wiesel. The festive event honored the Halpern, Pantirer, Pines andSchwartz, families who were instrumental in building…
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News David Broza Hails Tom Peled at Israel Cancer Research Fund Event
“You know what they say about Israelis — that they are always late. We did it right: We made it here on time!” 24-year old Israeli athlete Tom Peled told the guests at the October 22 Israel Cancer Research Fund annual Barbara S. Goodman Scientific Awards & Donor Recognition Evening , held at the Jewish…
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News Robert Farber Exhibit, Society of Illustrators Panel and Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project
Photographer Robert Farber Zooms in on National Meningitis Association The October 8 private party and exhibition of photographer Robert Farber’s iconic nudes was a boutique happening. The crush of guests spilling out of Farber’s East Side Manhattan atelier onto his charming brownstone garden included philanthropist Francine LeFrak, publicists Edward Callaghan and John Wegorzewski, events producer…
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News Military Gala at the Pierre and ‘Waiting for Godot’ in Yiddish
Petraeus, Director of CIA, Honored at Soldiers,’ Sailors,’ Marines,’ Coast Guard and Airmen’s Club Gala It was gold braid, medals, military dress and evening gowns at the October 5 Soldiers,’ Sailors,’ Marines,’ Coast Guard and Airmen’s Club’s 16th annual military ball at The Pierre. David H. Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general and now Director…
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News Appeal of Conscience Foundation Ceremony and National Osteoporosis Foundation Lunch
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Honored by Appeal of Conscience Foundation “A crime perpetrated in the name of religion is the greatest crime against religion,” said Rabbi Arthur Schneier, founder and president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, at the organization’s annual awards dinner held at the Waldorf Astoria on September 27. Canadian Prime Minister…
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News Middle East Hot Topics and Hospital for Joint Diseases Gala
Jack Jacobs and Colin Kahl Dish Reality at The Common Good “Middle East Hot Topics” Lunch at The Friars Club There were no funny punch lines in the Milton Berle Room at the Friars Club, where 70 guests gathered on September 20 for a lunch featuring retired Army colonel Jack Jacobs, recipient of the Congressional…
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News Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot Wow Yiddish-Savvy Audience at Center For Jewish History
“Ir redt Yiddish?” [“Do you speak Yiddish?”] I asked violinist Itzhak Perlman. He smiled and answered me in Yiddish when I came into the green room at the Center for Jewish History to chat with the participants of the September 9 sold-out program “In Conversation: Eternal Echoes: Songs and Dances for the Soul.” To my…
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News Avi Hoffman Channels Poet Itzik Manger at City University
“Why Manger?” I asked Matthew “Motl” Didner, producer and associate artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene production of “Reflections of a Lost Poet: The Life and Works of Itzik Manger,” at the show’s September 9 performance, held at Baruch College’s Engelman Recital Hall. “Because it is the perfect companion piece to his ‘Megile of…
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