Masha Leon

Jewish Museum’s ‘Night in Persia’

LAURIE TISCH AND THE TISCH FAMILY LAUDED AT ALICE TULLY HALL GALA “Philanthropy for the Tisch family is what singing is to the [von] Trapp family,” said Frank Bennack Jr., Lincoln Center’s board chairman, at the February 23 “Leading Ladies of New York Celebrate Alice Tully” gala celebrating the opening of the renovated Alice Tully…

An Evening of Song

“VOICES FROM THE JEWISH DIASPORA” A MULTILINGUAL MUSICAL BANQUET Picture this: Beautiful Haifa, Israel-born mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham, in a décolleté gown, singing “Kaddish” (from “Deux Melodies Hebraiques,” set to music by Maurice Ravel). This was one of the unexpected delights of the February 10 New York Festival of Song’s “Voices From the Jewish Diaspora” program…

Mike Burstyn’s Portrait of Lansky

An Evening of Yiddish Song

ELEANOR REISSA A HIT AT AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR JEWISH MUSIC CELEBRATION Sporting stiletto heels and tight black-satin pants, singer-actress Eleanor Reissa wowed the audience at the December 28, 2008, Hanukkah concert at the Center for Jewish History, held jointly by the American Society for Jewish Music and the American Jewish Historical Society. With her Galizianer…