Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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News Patti is LaBelle Of The Ball
DUE IN 2009 IN WARSAW: A MUSEUM OF THE 1000 YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND “Not every Pole is an antisemite! Not every Jew is anti-Polish,” declared Sigmund Rolat, president of Oxford International Corporation. Rolat was the honoree at the March 13 benefit for The Museum of the History of Polish Jews (breaking ground…
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News Lord Is Honored, Just In Time
A BRITISH LORD TOUTS ‘MULTIPLE IDENTITIES’ AT APPEAL OF CONSCIENCE DINNER “I want this to be an evening of hope,” declared Rabbi Arthur Schneier, senior rabbi of Park East Synagogue and president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, at the foundation’s March 27 awards dinner. Following “God Save the Queen” and “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the…
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News UJA Honors Kazakh Jewish Industrialist
UJA FETES KAZAKHSTAN PHILANTHROPIST Kazakhstan-bashing comic Sacha Baron Cohen would have been persona non grata at UJA-Federation of New York Russian Division’s March 25 gala honoring industrialist and philanthropist Alexander Machkevitch. A principal shareholder in Kazakhstan-based Eurasian National Resources Corporation, president of the Euro-Asian Industrial Association and chairman of the board of directors of Euro-Asian…
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News Bush Babes Bring On the Bling
BUSH BEAUTIES BACK STRANG CANCER PREVENTION CENTER “Cancer is a wildfire… help stop it before it starts,” urged Dr. Richard Rivlin, director of the Ann Fisher Nutrition Center of the Strang Cancer Prevention Center, at the center’s March 12 Garden of Hope Gala. Rivlin emphasized, “We are what we eat, and what we don’t eat.”…
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News Swaths of Color at Brain Trauma Gala
MAHARAJA TURNS HEADS AT BRAIN INJURY GALA TO AID VICTIMS WORLDWIDE It was glitz, pageantry and royalty in service of lifesaving at the March 7 Royal Rajasthan Gala to benefit the Brain Trauma Foundation. With sitar players and drummers providing background music, the event’s general chairman, His Highness Maharaja Gajsingh II of Marwar-Jodhpur, in a…
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News Loving Living Legends
AN IRISH FAMILY TO KVELL ABOUT “Only in America [can you find] Irish supporters of the Jewish State of Israel,” declared Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel, at the March 6 Jewish Community Relations Council of New York gala dinner. Ailes presented the Generation to Generation award to Peter James Johnson, chairman…
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News Group Goes Ape For Goodall
FRANCE REMEMBERS “LES JUSTES” — ACKNOWLEDGES ANTISEMITIC BARBARISM At a private March 4 reception held at the French Embassy in New York, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, France’s minister for culture and media, conferred the rank of officer of the Legion of Honor upon Philippe de Montebello,* the longest-serving director in the 135-year history of the…
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News Mizrahi Kills At Purim Ball
MIZRAHI PURIM SHPIEL SHOWCASES ESTHER AS AN ADOPTEE WITH TWO DADDIES When fashion guru Isaac Mizrahi mounted The Waldorf-Astoria’s ballroom stage with the aid of a walker, he assured the festive crowd at the Jewish Museum’s February 27 Purim Ball: “It was only a car accident. I’ll be fine… I’m your fabulous celebrity Purim shpiel…
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