Richard Belzer, the comedian and actor best known for playing the acerbic Detective John Munch across a number of NBC crime dramas, including “Law & Order: SVU,” over more than two decades, died Feb. 19, at his home in France. Over the course of his career, Belzer portrayed a detective in 11 television series, including “The Wire” and “The X-Files.” He made crossover appearances in-character in the comedies “30 Rock,” “Arrested Development,” and “Unbreakable Kimmy [...]
One day after the Feb. 19 death of Richard Belzer, the long-time MC at Rick Newman’s Catch A Rising Star comedy club on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, The New York Times reported the death of Rick Newman himself, who in 1972 had opened the trendy club where Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Freddie Prinze, Jay Leno and countless other comedians did some of their earliest work. “On any given night, you might catch singers, [...]
Ted Lerner, the billionaire real estate developer who bought the Washington Nationals in 2006 for $450 million and oversaw their thrilling rise to 2019 World Series victors, rewarding his native city with its first major league championship in 95 years, died on Sunday, Feb. 19, at his home in Chevy Chase, MD. He was 97. “In my first legal case, the court appointed me to represent a parking attendant charged with stealing the cars he [...]
Rena Gluck, a dancer, choreographer and educator who was instrumental in creating Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company, the country’s pre-eminent dance troupe, died on Jan. 13 at her home in Tel Aviv. Her twin brother, Milton Gluck, died on the same day, at a hospital in Manhattan. In Israel, Ms. Gluck introduced a rigorous dance technique, honed through years of training with American modern-dance pioneers, including Martha Graham, who had been her teacher at Juilliard. After [...]
Shul member Debbie Epstein Henry, a Brooklyn Law School alumna, will receive the school’s Distinguished Service Award at the Alumni Dinner to be held this year on March 15 at Cipriani 25 Broadway in Manhattan. Debbie Epstein Henry is co-founder of the law school’s Women’s Leadership Network, and chair of the school’s Women’s Leadership Circle. She is a lawyer turned entrepreneur, and an author and public speaker with expertise in women, careers, workplace dynamics, [...]
This just in...but it won’t be out until November. Penguin Random House wants to be sure everyone knows that Barbara Streisand has written a memoir and, to that end, the hype has already begun — even though the current pub date is Nov. 7 — nine months until the baby is birthed. My Name Is Barbra talks about life and career, natch, and with so much to talk about, the star squeezes the content into [...]
Meet the new Jewish members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. Their varied backgrounds are illustrative of the many paths Jews are taking to the halls of Congress in the 21st century. Daniel Goldman, D-NY: Daniel Sachs Goldman, 46, heir to the Levi-Strauss & Co. fortune, is as federal prosecutor in Manhattan, and legal analyst for NBC and MSNBC. He has already established a profile on Capitol Hill, joining Democratic Representative [...]
IsraAid CEO Yotam Polizer has been named this year’s Charles Bronfman Prize recipient, a $100,000 award launched in 2004 and given to a humanitarian activist younger than 50. IsraAid, a nonprofit Israeli refugee aid organization, operates with a budget of approximately $20 million and 320 employees spread across 14 countries. “Yotam was chosen because IsraAid is not a government operation,” said Charles Bronfman, in whose name the prize was founded. “It’s an entrepreneurial philanthropy, and [...]
The New York University Board of Trustees has named Linda G. Mills to be the university’s 17th president, the first woman to be appointed to the post. She will take up her new duties on July 1, 2023. Prior to her appointment, the president-designate served for more than a decade as NYU’s Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice Provost for Global Programs and University Life. She is the Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor of Social Work, Public [...]
Two stars of the hit television show Shtisel will be reuniting for a miniseries about a family that survived the Holocaust. Actors Michael Aloni and Hadas Yaron, who played Akiva and Libbi on Shtisel, will once again play a married couple in the new show, which is being made by Hulu. The new show, release date TBD, is based on a 2017 bestselling book, We Were the Lucky Ones.
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