Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Wyoming-Born Photographer, Penny Wolin, Showcases American Jewish Photographers
I first met Cheyenne, Wyoming-born photographer Penny Wolin at the October 3, 2012 preview of the New Jewish Rep’s Yiddish version of “Waiting for Godot” hosted by Nahma Sandrow (author of “Vagabond Stars: World History of Yiddish Theater) and her husband, photographer William Meyer, at their Upper West Side home. Wolin—who in 2000 published the…
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The Schmooze A Mother’s Day Homage to My Mother’s Wartime Survival Ingenuity
With Mother’s Day and Holocaust Commemorations converging this year, I thought back to my mother Zelda’s courage and ingenuity in rescuing me from German-occupied Warsaw just before the ghetto walls went up. Our building had been bombed several times. Whatever food reserves we had were almost gone. My father Mordechai (Matvey) Bernstein—along with fellow Yiddish…
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The Schmooze Harry Belafonte and Liz Smith Among ‘Eight Over 80’ Honorees at New Jewish Home Gala
“Who better to teach us what it means to ‘age like a New Yorker’ than tonight’s honorees?” Audrey Weiner president and CEO of The New Jewish Home told the 440 guests at its third annual “Eight Over Eighty” benefit at the Mandarin Oriental. Emceed by Soledad O’Brien the evening offered self revelatory and laughter-eliciting video…
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The Schmooze Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services — Changing Thousands of Lives
As the 350 guests entered the Plaza Ballroom for the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services 2016 Spring Benefit, they were entertained by the hip, energetic, innovative Maccabeats ensemble. “Today we are bigger and better than ever and tonight’s celebration is one of the most successful we have ever had!” Alice Tisch Board of…
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The Schmooze Child Auschwitz Survivor Recalls Heroic Mom At Museum Of Jewish Heritage Luncheon
“My mother was a blonde — not from the bottle — she looked like a German gentile woman” is how petite, elegant 80-year old Holocaust survivor Hanna Wechsler recalled her heroic mother and savior at the 24th Annual Museum of Jewish Heritage/A Living Memorial To The Holocaust March 31 Spring Women’s Luncheon held at The…
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The Schmooze The Night George Soros Stood In For Nobelist Holocaust Survivor Imre Kertesz
The news that Hungarian Holocaust survivor and 2002 Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertesz died at 86 on March 31 in Budapest, brought back the memory of the May 13, 2003 YIVO Institute for Jewish Research benefit dinner at which Kertesz was to be an honoree. Held at the Pierre, among the 460 guests a roster…
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The Schmooze Todd Slotkin Food Allergy Research Champion Honored at Castle Connolly Awards Gala
At this year’s 11th Castle Connolly Annual National Physician of the Year Awards Gala at the Pierre, the honorees included Northwestern University’s urologist William Catalona Prostate Cancer SPORE Director; U. of Michigan Health Systems’ Prof. of Neurology Eva L. Feldman M.D., Ph.D.; and Suzanne Oparil M.D. Director of Vascular Biology & Hypertension Program at the…
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The Schmooze Jean Shafiroff and Georgina Bloomberg Launch ‘How To’ Philanthropy Tome
Jean Shafiroff and Georgina Bloomberg. Radiant in a designer gown, philanthropist-become-author Jean Shafiroff welcomed the crush of guests at her Park Avenue home for the March 21 launch of her opus “Successful Philanthropy: How To Make A Life By What you Give.” She introduced Georgina Bloomberg – professional equestrian and youngest daughter of New York’s…
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