Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News YIVO Benefit at Center for Jewish History Honors Chairman of JPMorgan
YIVO Benefit at Center for Jewish History Honors Jacob Frenkel, Chairman of JPMorgan The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s 86th annual benefit dinner, held on November 30 and honoring JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman Jacob Frenkel with a lifetime achievement award, was as much a gathering of financial gurus as it was of Yiddishists, intellectuals…
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News The Doors Are Open to All at Rabin Medical Center
The Doors Are Open to All at Rabin Medical Center in Israel Dinner “When a patient checks in, no one asks their religion [or] affiliation,” said Abraham “Barry” Cohen, chairman of the American Friends of Rabin Medical Center, in an address at the organization’s November 13 “The Best of New York Meets the Best of…
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News Volkswagen AG Gives $1 Million to ADL
Volkswagen AG Gives $1 Million to Anti-Defamation League at Annual Dinner At a November 8 awards dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, the Anti-Defamation League honored Volkswagen AG, which that night announced a $1 million gift “to support ADL’s comprehensive diversity education programs,” said Christian Klingler, a Volkswagen AG board member. “Our cars are sold in 153…
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News Women ‘Roar’ and Honor ‘Lions’
WOMEN ‘ROAR’ AND HONOR ‘LIONS’ AT UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK LION OF JUDAH LUNCHEON Sheila Birnbaum, head of Skadden Arps’ Mass Torts and Insurance Litigation Group, received the Karen Klitzman Award at this year’s UJA Federation of New York’s Lion of Judah luncheon at The Pierre on November 2. (The award is named for a…
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News American Friends of the Israel Museum Gala Celebrates 1 Million Visitors in 2011
American Friends of the Israel Museum Gala Celebrates 1 Million Visitors in 2011 Addressing the 500 guests at the American Friends of Israel Museum gala, held at Cipriani 42nd Street on October 24, AFIM President Stephen Lash said: “Tonight we celebrate “Art Next Next Art,” highlighting Contemporary art at the Israel Museum and signaling our…
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News HIAS Celebrates 130 Years at Artist Peter Max’s Studio
HIAS Celebrates 130 Years at Artist Peter Max’s Studio On October 24, more than 100 members of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society’s Emma Lazarus Society — its major donor group — celebrated HIAS’s 130th birthday at the studio of artist Peter Max, home of Max’s vibrant pop art, iconic imagery and portraits. “First I want…
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News Musical Spoof “Pins and Needles” Presented at Time of Occupy Wall Street
1937 Musical Social Spoof “Pins and Needles” Presented at Time of Occupy Wall Street It was Saturday, October 15. I had just come out of the subway at 36th Street and Sixth Avenue, en route to M&J Trimming on 39th Street to buy some buttons. I was immediately swept up by a mass of chanting,…
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News Lorraine Bracco, Penny Marshall and Dr. Andy Jagoda Share Stage
Lorraine Bracco, Penny Marshall and Dr. Andy Jagoda Share Stage at Brain Injury Gala “My father is from Poland. My mother is from Sarajevo,” Dr. Andy Jagoda told me at the Brain Injury Association of New York State’s Journey of Hope Gala, held on October 11. Jagoda, a recipient of BIANYS’s Champion of Hope Award,…
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