Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News Diaspora Museum Honors Sharansky
NATAN SHARANSKY HONORED BY WORLD’S ONLY MUSEUM OF JEWISH DIASPORA “I was a totally assimilated Jew… didn’t know [where] Jerusalem was,” admitted Natan Sharansky, former member of Israel’s Knesset. Sharansky was the honoree at the May 11 American Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth Museum of the Jewish Diaspora gala, held at New York’s Hotel St. Regis….
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News Oprah Is Honored
OPRAH RECALLS AUSCHWITZ VISIT AT WIESEL FOUNDATION DINNER “When Moses spoke in the desert there were 600,000. When Oprah [Winfrey] speaks, millions listen,” said a visibly awed Elie Wiesel at the May 20 Elie Wiesel Foundation Humanitarian Award dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. Winfrey was honored at the dinner. Emceed by Barbara Walters, the event was…
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News Hamlisch Hits The Keys at ISEF Benefit
ISEF OFFERS ISRAELI YOUTH A CHANCE AT A FUTURE Marvin Hamlisch, guest artist at the May 14 International Sephardic Education Foundation benefit, told the black-tie crowd at New York’s Mandarin Oriental that as a graduate of the Juilliard School, he’d landed a job as rehearsal pianist for “Funny Girl,” which starred Barbra Streisand. This led…
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News Yivo Honors Kati Marton
YIVO HONORS A LITERARY DIPLOMATIC DUO “Thank God for YIVO” declared Kati Marton, who, along with her husband, Richard Holbrooke, was honored by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at its May 9 benefit, held at the Center for Jewish History. A journalist, author and human rights advocate, Marton mused about the Hungarians she profiles…
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News Power Couples Offer Advice
HOW POWER COUPLES JUGGLE WEALTH, FAMILY LIFE AND YIDDISHKEIT “Wisdom from the wealthy” would be an apt description of the 92nd Street Y’s May 8 sold-out lecture, “Power Couples: How They Live and Work.” Moderated by TV journalist-cum-diplomatic inquisitor Lynn Sherr, it put on the marital hot seat Evelyn and Leonard Lauder, Daryl and Steve…
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News Living Legend: A Tribute To Neil Sedaka
ARTIST KOONS AND ARCHITECT COHEN WERE A DRAW AT TEL AVIV MUSEUM GALA To the strains of “Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome” from the musical “Cabaret,” Countess Vanessa von Bismarck (great-great granddaughter of Otto von Bismarck); Prince Stefan von Ratibor; Sotheby’s vice chairman, Jamie Niven (son of film star David Niven), Israel’s ambassador, Dan Gillerman, and gala…
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News Actress Invokes Einstein’s Vision
SHARON STONE ONE OF THE “GEMS” HONORED AT ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE “SPIRIT OF ACHIEVEMENT” LUNCHEON “As Albert [Einstein] said, ‘If you’re going to do something with your life, be a humanitarian,” said film star Sharon Stone — who with Alma Johnson Powell (wife of Colin), Princess Yasmin Aga Khan and Lynn Sherr —…
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News Reagan’s Top Diplomat Honored at Gala
“YOUR PLACE IN JEWISH HISTORY IS SECURE,” WIESEL TELLS GEORGE SHULTZ , HONOREE AT AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY DINNER “Israel owes you. The Jewish people owe you,” said Elie Wiesel as he presented the Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award to George Shultz — secretary of state under President Reagan — at the American Jewish…
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