Stars of David
March 18, 2010 - Michael Elkin, Arts & Entertainment Editor |
| Ted and Bubbles Seidenberg |
Now here's an honoree Lawrence Welk could
set some music to:
Bubbles Seidenberg -- who shares her name with another leading voice of note, the late Beverly Sills -- and her late husband
Ted are being celebrated this coming May for their unwavering support and commitment
to the Raymond and Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School. Honored for their life/work as "Perelman grandparents, philanthropists and champions" of the school, Bubbles will be cited, along with a tribute to Ted, at the event set for Har Zion Temple
in Penn Valley.
Who better to be Making Sense of Autistic Spectrum Disorders than one who's devoted his career to examining them? That's Dr. James Coplan, formerly of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and now in private practice in the burbs, whose book on the topic comes out in April, which is National Autism Awareness Month. But before then comes a book launch on Thursday, March 25 at the Philadelphia Marriott West in West Conshohocken.
Refill the Penn; there's much to write about here. Penn president emerita Judith Rodin -- now head of the Rockefeller Foundation -- just found out that she's been named winner of the Aspen Institute's Public Service Award.
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| Dr. Aaron T. Beck |
Recognition for cognition:
Dr. Aaron T. Beck, acknowledged as the "father of cognitive therapy," has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award/Anna-Monika Prize, offered by the Anna-Monika Foundation.
Michael Taub, an attorney with the Homeless Advocacy Project, recently took the reins of a training session for lawyers involved in representing the benefits for veterans.
Not everything Golden happened at the Oscars: Mural Arts Program champion Jane Golden was saluted with the 2010 Ivy Young Willis Award of Cabrini College for her public-affairs contributions.
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| Jane Golden |
Full-court press courtesy of -- lawyers? It all happens on Thursday, March 18, when the members of Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy P.C., toss their annual March Madness shindig at the Top of the Tower in Center City. It's all not just a free-throw; the food agency Philabundance will benefit from the basketball bash. Goal-oriented attorneys? Who knew?
Shiny red apples for Gratz College grads Hedda Morton (MAED 1992) and Michael Schatz (MAED 2004), named, respectively, president and vice president of the Jewish Educators Assembly.
When Irish eyes are kvelling: MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews, one of the network's leading leprechauns, recently had an exclusive interview with Vice President Joe Biden in Israel, where Matthews, a die-hard Philadelphia native, welcomed his guest to his set with: "As they say in Northeast Philly, 'Shalom.' " Biden's kibitz of a response: "That's not what they say [to me] in Northeast Philly, and I can't repeat what they say." And "Stars" doesn't think he meant, "Have a nice day."