Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News Sounding Off About Israel
Mortimer Zuckerman Sounds Off About Israel at Museum of Jewish Heritage Dinner “Never have I been as concerned for the State of Israel as I am today,” said Mortimer Zuckerman, Heritage Award honoree at the May 13 Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust’s 14th Annual Heritage dinner, held at Edmond J. Safra…
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News Celebrating A First
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Celebrates First New York Gala “We are in a battle for truth. The erosion of one truth leads to the erosion of other truths, “ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum director Sara Bloomfield told the 600 guests at the museum’s May 4 inaugural New York gala, held at The Pierre. The…
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News Folksbiene Fun
Bravo! To National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Fun, Haimish and Elegant Gala “I have no enemies in the profession — I’ve outlived them all!” declared stage, film and television actor Fyvush Finkel, who, with director, actor, and playwright Eleanor Reissa, co-hosted the May 2 National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene Gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of…
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News In the Spirit of Achievement
“Tonight I, a 100% Galitzianer, will introduce Cindy and David Stone, both Litvaks,” said Charlie Rose at the April 26 YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s ninth annual Me’Dor Le’Dor (generation to generation) Heritage Dinner, held at the Center for Jewish History. A YIVO board member, Rose cited “Yiddishkeit and memory of the Lithuanian [Litvak] Jewish…
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News Museums, Miracles And Money
Israel Museum Supporters Ponder the Whitney Biennial at Luncheon “We live in a world of miracles!” said James Snyder, director of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, to the elegant assemblage at the April 13 American Friends of the Israel Museum luncheon, held at the Metropolitan Club. Snyder reported that the more than $300,000 raised “will…
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News A Delightful Duo
Senator Schumer on the Bimah at Temple Emanu-El and on the Dais at St. Patrick’s A few hours after hearing New York Senator Charles Schumer address the crowd at the April 11 Temple Emanu-El Holocaust Remembrance Day Gathering, there he was, on the dais at St. Patrick’s Cathedral! The providentially titled “Do Not Quench the…
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News Remembering A President
LAINIE KAZAN: “AN HONORARY ITALIAN” HONORED AT BOYS’ TOWNS OF ITALY GALA “Kutcher’s is the password,” I said to Lainie Kazan at the April 8 Boys’ Towns of Italy “Ball of the Year” Gala, at which she was honored as Celebrity of the Year. We briefly reminisced about Kutcher’s, now the only Catskills resort, where…
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News In France, a Jewish Identity
Jewish Identity in France Center Stage at French Consulate Dialogue The French Consulate’s wall-size 18th-century Gobelins tapestry depicting the Story of Esther was an apt backdrop for the March 24 dialogue “Evolutions of Jewish Communities in France and the United States,” hosted by France’s consul general, Philippe Lalliot. Historic and modern-day antisemitism, and the large…
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