Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Mandy Patinkin Thrills and Needles At Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre Gala 2016
Pity that the N.Y. Post’s “Page Six” and Cindy Adams—and others – missed the essence of the Folksbiene’s 2016 Gala honoring National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene’s Artistic Director Zalmen Mlotek and his wife Debra Mlotek honing in instead on the needling of a latecomer couple by event star Mandy Patinkin (aka CIA bigwig Saul Berenson in…
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The Schmooze Avishai Sivan, Director and Writer Of ‘Tikkun’ on the Film’s Erotic Symbolism
During my conversation with author/director Avishai Sivan of the torturously wrenching stark film Tikkun, he said that though his first feature film was also about the Haredi Hassidic community, ‘‘Tikkun’ took seven years of research for which I went undercover in the community.” The film opens with young yeshiva scholar Haim-Aron— exquisitely portrayed by first…
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The Schmooze Muhammad Ali Remembered and Honored as Humanitarian
Muhammad Ali — assisted by his wife Lonnie — mounted the stage at the November 9th 2006 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Inaugural Double Helix Medal Dinner at New York’s Mandarin Oriental and delivered a heartfelt plea for the support for research to help “rid the world of Parkinson’s disease!” Then Emcee co-host of NBC’s “Today…
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The Schmooze Joe Biden Gets Freedom Award And Salutes Gabby Giffords At Intrepid Gala
At the May 26 Salute to Freedom 25th Anniversary Gala aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum I congratulated Vice President Joe Biden on being the 2016 Intrepid Freedom Award recipient. When, during dinner I mentioned that I was a Holocaust survivor, he unexpectedly kissed me on both cheeks. Grasping both my hands in…
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The Schmooze Clive Davis and theSkimm Honored at Einstein College Of Medicine Women’s Luncheon
“I have introduced Nobel Prize Laureates… but I have never introduced someone who belongs to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” said Montefiore Medicine president and CEO Dr. Steven M. Safyer to award-winning music executive and record producer Clive Davis— recipient of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Women’s Division’s 62nd Annual “Spirit of…
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The Schmooze Randi Zuckerberg On Being a Woman at Facebook at Jewish Women’s Foundation Lunch
Randi Zuckerberg, (left) with Paula Zahn (right). The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York May 16 Luncheon at the St. Regis honored three remarkable women— Roslyn (Roz) Goldstein, president of The Leslie & Roslyn Goldstein Foundation, Hon. Cheryl Winter Lewy, former mayor of The Village of Larchmont, N.Y., and Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of…
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The Schmooze Abbey Braverman Flags EpiPen Awareness at Fare Food Allergy Luncheon
“Fifteen million Americans have a food allergy” Lori Stokes, Anchor WABC-TV, New York told the 550 guests at FARE’s [Food Allergy Research & Education] 17th Annual Spring Luncheon at Cipriani’s 42nd. St. ” That means fifteen million reasons to improve the quality of life and health of individuals with food allergies and provide them hope…
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The Schmooze Sheldon Harnick Gets Bel Kaufman Flamekeeper Award at Esta Ceremony
“We dedicate this program to Bel Kaufman, she left this world too young—at 103! Jennie-Smith Peers, Executive Director of ESTA (Elders Share the Arts) told the guests at the May 5th Flamekeeper Award Ceremony at Manhattan’s Lotos Club honoring Sheldon Harnick Broadway lyricist extraordinaire. Bryna Wasserman, executive director of the National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene, was kvelling….
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