Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News A Military Salute
MAGNUS, A BROOKLYN-BORN GENERAL, SECOND IN COMMAND OF MARINE CORPS “I was born on ‘toidy toid’ Street in Flatbush,” Robert Magnus, assistant commandant of the United State Marine Corps, joshed during our pre-dinner chat at the October 3 Soldiers’, Sailors’, Coast Guard & Airmen’s Club Salute to the Marine Corps Military Ball, held at the…
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News Foxman Pens New Tome
A MYRIAD OF GOLDAS AND A FOXMAN BOOK PARTY It’s raining Goldas! First came Sholem Aleychem’s Golda, Tevye the milkman’s wife. In 1982, Ingrid Bergman portrayed Golda Meir in the TV bio-film “A Woman Named Golda.” In 2003, Tovah Feldshuh channeled Meir in William Gibson’s Broadway hit “Golda’s Balcony,” and she also portrays Meir in…
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News Polish Prez on Jewish History
PRESIDENT OF POLAND TOUTS WARSAW’S MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS “Our history is not complete if there is no history of Polish Jews,” declared Poland’s president, Lech Kaczynski, at the September 26 reception, held at the Polish Consulate in New York. The evening’s centerpiece was an overview of Warsaw’s Museum of the History of…
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News Forward Honored In New York
THE FORWARD INDUCTED INTO THE 100 YEAR ASSOCIATION A L’chaim! — To life! to the Jewish Daily Forward (established in 1897), which was admitted to membership in The 100 Year Association of New York at its September 19 dinner. Also admitted this year were St. Patrick’s Cathedral (established in 1807) and the 92nd Street Y…
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News Film: Rescued Art Of WWII
“THE RAPE OF EUROPA”: A MUST-SEE FILM “The Rape of Europa” (based on the eponymous book by Lynn Nicholas) is a film that needs to be seen by every high school student, college student, history teacher, history buff, art teacher and museumgoer worldwide. It is not about the famous allegorical painting by Titian (1487-1576); it’s…
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News In Remembrance Of September 11
THE SEPTEMBER CONCERT: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE PAIN OF 9/11 This year, a misty September 11 began with a procession of family members reading the names of the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. At day’s end, there was “The September Concert: An Evening of Remembrance and Celebration” at St….
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News ICRF Honors Women of Action
HOPE AND LAUGHTER AT TWO ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND EVENTS “Judith Leiber is carrying a Kate Spade bag!” joshed Benjamin Brafman, emcee at the recent Israel Cancer Research Fund Women of Action luncheon, at which Leiber — a Holocaust survivor and haute couture designer whose pocketbooks are owned by celebrities and royalty — was honored….
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News AJC Honors Muslim Zionist
COURAGEOUS BANGLADESHI HONORED BY THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE “I am proud to be a Muslim Zionist, proclaimed Salah Choudhury at the American Jewish Committee’s August 2 luncheon, held in his honor. Choudhury is publisher and editor of Weekly Blitz, the largest tabloid English-language weekly in Bangladesh. In 2003, after attempting to go to Israel for…
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