Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News March of the Living Reception Hosted by Israel Ambassador
“We do it every year, like Exodus,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Council of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, at the January 17 March of the Living reception. The reception was hosted by Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations. Hoenlein states that instead of focusing on the past, we…
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The Schmooze Agnieszka Holland Shines Light on Heroic Poles
“My first reaction was, ‘I can’t do it!’” Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland told me during our chat about her film “In Darkness,” which opened in New York on January 27 and has been nominated for an Academy Award. “I was attracted to the main character, the ambiguous Leopold Socha,” who in 1943, in Nazi-occupied Lvov,…
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Israel News Leon Botstein Wows at YIVO
“If, in the future, [Yiddish] will have the same status and [culturally] stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Latin and Greek, we won’t be doing so badly,” Bard College president Leon Botstein said at the January 9 launch of the YIVO-Bard Institute for East European Jewish History and Culture Winter Intercession Program. “We are not involved in this…
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News A Tribute To Adrienne Cooper
A Tribute To Adrienne Cooper — Beloved Yiddishist, Activist and Musical Star “God’s bank vault is filled with tears shed for loss,” Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky said to a crowd of 900 at the January 1 memorial for Adrienne Cooper, held at the New York City congregation Ansche Chesed. Cooper, who died December 25 at age…
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News Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Feted by New York Board of Rabbis
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, a Man of Wit, Widsom and Jokes, Feted by New York Board of Rabbis On December 19, the New York Board of Rabbis hosted a “Vodka & Latke” celebration at the New York City Fire Museum in honor of Rabbi Joseph Potasnik’s “special birthday,” later revealed to be his 65th. Among the…
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News Reuth Medical Center — An Oasis of Caregiving
“Nice to know that [in Israel] we are not alone,” said Merav Mandelbaum, chairman of the board of directors of Reuth Israel at the December 12 Reuth fundraiser, which was held at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. The event was co-chaired by Reuth board members Mel Atlas and Jill Kaufman. Following a private viewing of the exhibit…
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News Song, Dance and Gourmet Food at Food Allergy Initiative Ball
Song, Dance and Gourmet Food Under a “Chuppah” Tent at Food Allergy Initiative Ball “Fourteen years ago, six parents met in a midtown office. We did not know each other, but we had one thing in common: We all had children who could die from food allergies,” gala dinner co-chair Sharyn Mann said on December…
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News Celebrating the Renewal of Israel’s Beit Hatfustsot Museum
CELEBRATING THE RENEWAL OF ISRAEL’S BEIT HATFUTSOT MUSEUM OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE The Beit Hatfutsot gala on December 1 was a feast for the eyes and the soul as 500 guests gathered at the Mandarin Oriental to celebrate the Museum of the Jewish People’s future as an interactive hub of Jewish culture. Alfred Moses, a…
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