Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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Israel News Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal Spellbinding at U.S. Holocaust Museum Dinner
Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal Spellbinding at U.S. Holocaust Museum Dinner “There are traditional forms of anti-Semitism…. There is Holocaust denial…. There is also growing Holocaust glorification,” keynote speaker Hannah Rosenthal said at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s New York tribute dinner, held June 2 at the Mandarin Oriental hotel. Rosenthal, President Obama’s special envoy…
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Israel News General Robert Magnus and 50 Marines Honor Fallen Heroes at Jewish Center
General Robert Magnus and 50 Marines Honor Fallen Heroes at Jewish Center “In front of the Torah, we pay tribute to those who served our country,” said Rabbi Yosie Levine of the Jewish Center, in Manhattan, which hosted the May 30 Jewish Community Memorial Day Event, “An Appreciation of America’s Service Members.” With a U.S….
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Israel News Hillel: A College Campus Oasis of Judaism and Romance Honors Morris Offit
Hillel: A College Campus Oasis of Judaism and Romance Honors Morris Offit “I have a sickness! I love to go to Jewish dinners. You learn a little something you never knew,” said Morris Offit, chairman of Offit Capital Advisors LLC. Hillel honored Offit with the Renaissance Award at its annual gala, held May 26 at…
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Israel News “Renaissance” U.S. Admiral Stavridis Honored at Dinner Aboard the Intrepid
“Renaissance” U.S. Admiral Stavridis Honored at Dinner Aboard the Intrepid “He is a Renaissance admiral and a consummate diplomat,” Mel Immergut, co-chair of the May 26 Salute to Freedom Award Dinner, said of multifaceted Admiral James G. Stavridis, recipient of the 2011 Intrepid Freedom Award. Immergut, chairman of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and…
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News Rabbi Arthur Schneier Presented With Legion of Honor Medal by François Delattre, France’s Ambassador to the United States
Rabbi Arthur Schneier Presented With Legion of Honor Medal by François Delattre, France’s Ambassador to the United States “President [Nicolas] Sarkozy has a good eye. You are the youngest French ambassador appointed to the United States,” Rabbi Arthur Schneier said to François Delattre, who on May 12 presented France’s Officer of the French Legion medal…
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Israel News Fashion Diva Iris Apfel Honored at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Women’s Division
“She is fashion’s latest ‘It Girl,’ who wears necklaces for elephants,” event chair Andrea Stark said of Iris Apfel, an honoree at the Spirit of Achievement Luncheon of the Women’s Division of Yeshiva University’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, held May 5. Stark continued: “One of the most influential personalities in fashion, textile and interior…
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Israel News "The People In The Picture": Ich, Uch, Feh! Oy!
“The People In The Picture”: Ich, Uch, Feh! Oy! If you can survive Act I of Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of “The People in the Picture,” which opened on April 28 at Studio 54, by the end of Act II you will witness one of the longest, schmaltziest onstage bedside-death scenes since Second Avenue’s Yiddish…
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Israel News Israeli Writers Sound Off at PEN Event
Israeli Writers Sound Off at PEN Event “I don’t pay my children to empty the dishwasher or take out the garbage. I pay them $1 a book to read. Children are not reading,” lamented Israeli novelist Yael Hedaya (author of “Housebroken,” “Eden” and “Accidents,” and head writer for “In Treatment,” an Israeli TV series adapted…
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