Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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Israel News On Making Nice
TO ‘AFLAC’ CREATOR LINDA KAPLAN THALER, “NICE” IS A FOUR LETTER WORD “There’s enough estrogen at our place to make even Arnold Schwarzenegger ovulate,” said Linda Kaplan Thaler, CEO and chief creative officer of The Kaplan Thaler Group, Ltd. She was the featured speaker at The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York October 30 symposium,…
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News Remembering The Ghetto
NEW GENERATIONS BEING TAUGHT TO REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST No sooner does Ruth Westheimer arrive at a function, when photographers, guests and VIPs make a beeline for the munchkin-size psychosexual therapist best known worldwide as “Dr. Ruth.” Always effusive about her latest book (she’s written 31), film documentary or lecture, on October 25 at the American…
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Israel News Trumped
A GRACIOUS DONALD “TRUMPS” AT ARMORY SHOW A meticulously groomed with not-a-hair-out-of-place mega-buck mogul Donald Trump — sporting a shimmering gold tie and with stunning wife Melania by his side — willingly posed for photographers and guests at the October 19 party for the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering preview of the Haughton International Fine Art…
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Israel News Well, Hello Dali!
When I asked Matthew Margo, senior vice president, Program Practices N.Y. for CBS, what he found of “significant note” at the October 16 Americans for the Arts National Awards, he said: “The lobster designed by Jeff Koons, which graced the microphone.” Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert Lynch told the 500 black-tie stellar…
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Israel News Khan-Do Princess Raises Alzheimer’s Awareness At Soho Party
“I went to Yom Kippur services at the Shul of New York,” author Amy Tan told me as, around us, people were nibbling finger food and sipping champagne at the October 4 kickoff party for the upcoming “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” Alzheimer’s Association Rita Hayworth Gala. “It’s the shul where Sarah Jessica Parker was…
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Israel News Celebrating German Unification With Gusto
Among the 800 guests jammed into Central Park’s Boathouse for the October 3 celebration of the 16th year of German Unity were Christo and his flame-haired wife, Jeanne-Claude, whose February 2005 “The Gates” installation in Central Park split New Yorkers into pro and con factions. They told me that their latest “wrap” oevre is “The…
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Israel News Birthday Bash
“There was so much love in that room, it was overwhelming,” gushed Ruth Gruber, marveling at “all those people coming out at 8:30 in the morning to help celebrate my 95th birthday.” Held at My Most Favorite Dessert Company on West 45th Street, the September 29 simcha was hosted by Doris Schechter, Favorite Dessert founder…
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Israel News Dinner Honors Doctor
Dr. Rania Ogby (a Bedouin beauty) and Avishay Braverman, Jewish history professor, past president of Ben-Gurion University in the Negev and now a member of Israel’s Knesset were both honored at the September 17 American Associates Ben-Gurion “One Vision” gala. The event celebrated the 100th anniversary of David Ben-Gurion’s aliya to Israel, and the university’s…
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