Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News A-Paws! A-Paws!
A-Paws! A-Paws! for Animated Film Delight ‘My Dog Tulip’ and Its Creators, Paul and Sandra Fierlinger My September 2 interview with Paul Fierlinger, who wrote, directed and animated the new film “My Dog Tulip,” and his wife, “Tulip” co-director and co-writer Sandra Fierlinger, who colored this enchanting movie that is showing at the Film Forum,…
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News Inking Her Way to the Top
Lily Renée Phillips — a Comic Books Icon — She Inked Her Way to the Top in a Male Domain Since Vienna-born Lily Renée Phillips had spoken to Adriane Quinlan for the article “A Real-Life Comic Book Superhero,” which appeared in the August 9 issue of Newsweek and in which Quinlan dubbed Phillips as “perhaps…
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News Bel Kaufman Dancing the Tango at 99
Bel Kaufman: Still Tangoing at 99 — in Stiletto Heels! “On May 10, 2011, I will be 100!” Bel Kaufman said in amazement during our August 26 lunch at Shun Lee West. “I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel. I have never been 100.” The Berlin-born, Russian-speaking granddaughter of Yiddish humorist writer Sholom Aleichem,…
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News Remembering Jewish Doctors
Remembering Jewish Doctors Executed by Stalin at Center for Jewish History Described as a “celebration of the creativity of Soviet Yiddish culture on the anniversary of its near destruction,” the August 12 event at the Center for Jewish History was sponsored by the Congress for Jewish Culture, the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring, the Jewish Labor Committee,…
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News Two Benefits and a Dinner
Met Council — A Lifeline of Services Honors Realtor Peter Riguardi “As my grandmother in Taiwan would say, ‘Mazel tov!’” joked City Comptroller John Liu as he joined Rep. Carolyn Maloney in praising the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty at its August 4 luncheon, held at Guastavino’s and honoring Builder of the Year award recipient…
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News Music for a Better World
UJA-Federation Summerfest Concert Showcases Hall & Oates Welcoming a record 1,200 Long Islanders to the Theatre at Westbury on July 27 for UJA-Federation of New York’s 20th annual Summerfest Concert, Erik Gershwind, who, with his wife, Jackie, chaired the event, defined the organization’s ethos by citing Greek general and statesman Pericles: “What you leave…
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News This Is Not Goodbye
UJA-Federation and JCRC-NY Host a “Come Back and Visit” Adieu to Israeli Diplomats “Mayor, schmayor! He’s coming!” joked New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn about Michael Bloomberg’s expected arrival, July 29, at the Joint Farewell Reception of UJA-Federation of New York and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. The event honored these…
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News Jazzy Celebration
‘Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work’ Works the Crowds Across Time In her July 23 appearance on CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman,“ female standup comic, jewelry hawker and “Celebrity Apprentice” winner Joan Rivers demonstrated uncharacteristic restraint as she revisited the angst she experienced from the former host of “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson, who…
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