Masha Leon
By Masha Leon
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The Schmooze Les Moonves, Mazel Tov To CBS New Chairman Of The Board
Elie Wiesel, Julie Chen, and Les Moonves at Friars Gala. I first met Les Moonves — newly appointed CBS Executive Chairman — when, as then CBS CEO, he was honored by The American Theater Wing at its April 11, 2005 gala at Cipriani 42nd Street with a lineup of stars and performances by among others:…
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The Schmooze Cellin Gluck, Director Of “Persona Non Grata,” Talks About War Hero Sugihara
Caught up with director Cellin Gluck on January 31 as he was heading to the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival premiere of “Persona Non Grata” — a film about Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara who in 1940 issued 2139 visas for 6000 Jews including my mother and me (visa #1881). Described as the “Japanese Schindler” I told…
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The Schmooze How World War II U.S. ‘Propaganda’ Films Painted an Idyllic America
A documentary gem at the Jewish Film Festival is Peter Miller’s “Movies in Wartime: Projections of America,” the behind-the scenes narrative about the dramatic U.S. “propaganda” films made 70 years ago by Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin, whose mission was to show WWII-liberated Europeans what America and Americans were really like. Riskin — who was married…
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The Schmooze Remembering Lord George Weidenfeld — Philanthropist and Friend of Israel
Barbara Walters and George Weidenfeld. The first time I was introduced to British publisher Lord George Weidenfeld — who died at 96 on January 21, 2016 in London — was at the November 22, 1998 American Friends of Ben Gurion University in the Negev Dinner at the Hotel Pierre at which BGU president Avishay Braverman…
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The Schmooze Stephen Colbert Among Celebs in “Art And Heart” Isaiah Sheffer Documentary
Isaiah Sheffer, Jill Eikenberry, and Michael Tucker. “Art and Heart,” Catherine Tambini’s heartwarming, intellectually rewarding, and delicious retrospective documentary about Isaiah Sheffer — Yiddish maven, actor/writer/impresario and wit — had its sold out world premiere on January 14 at the Walter Reade Theatre. It was all part of the New York Jewish Film Festival, under…
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The Schmooze Beit Hatfutsot Museum Celebrates Jewish Diversity and History
Claudio Pincus, Joey Alexander and Daniel Pincus. “Just as the IDF protects the State of Israel, Beit Hatfutsot — and the magnificent new Museum of the Jewish People — protects our culture, our values and our unity on a global level,” Ido Aharoni, Israel’s Consul General, told the guests at the museum’s recent annual gala…
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The Schmooze Michael Douglas Presents Award To Elie Wiesel At Blue Card Gala
Kati Marton, Elie Wiesel, and Rita Cosby at Blue Card gala Michael Douglas, together with Kati Marton, recently presented Elie Wiesel with The Richard C. Holbrooke Award for Social Justice at The Blue Card’s 81st Annual Gala at The New York Public Library. The actor lauded the world-renowned Holocaust survivor, author and activist for “sounding…
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The Schmooze Sheldon Harnick Raises the Curtain on ‘Fiddler’ Memories
‘Fiddler’ lyricist Sheldon Harnick, R, weighed in in on the latest production. With him in this photo is composer Jerry Bock, L, and The Forward’s Masha Leon. With “Fiddler On The Roof” back on Broadway with Danny Burstein as Tevye the Milkman, I asked the musical’s 91-year-young lyricist Sheldon Harnick for his review of this…
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