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The Gaza Envelope
December 2025 The weather was fittingly dark, cold, rainy and very windy as our friend Rona Melnick drove us south from Jerusalem to the Gaza Envelope. Rona and her husband had guided us on our last trip to Israel some 7 years ago. We had become good friends and were thrilled to see her again and catch up. Slightly more than two years had passed since the morning of October 7, 2023, when some…
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Wild Horses of the Camargue
Wild Horses of the Camargue
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Seeing Gardens in San Miguel Highlights of Sam Abell's master class in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: Seeing Gardens. (My images are at 3:59)
Master workshop with Sam Abell in San Miguel, Mexico
HORACE MANN ALUMNI MUSICIANS TO PERFORM FOR HILLTOP CARES
HORACE MANN ALUMNI MUSICIANS TO PERFORM FOR HILLTOP CARES
Contact:
Marjorie Kaufman
The Hilltop Cares Foundation
(646) 637-2964
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2016
HORACE MANN ALUMNI MUSICIANS TO PERFORM FOR HILLTOP CARES
Benefit Concert Brings School Community Together to Support Abuse Survivors
MAY 1 2016, BRONX, NY: The Hilltop Cares Foundation is pleased to announce that on Saturday May 14th,…
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To Benefit Survivors of Abuse at Horace Mann
Contact: Marjorie Kaufman The Hilltop Cares Foundation (646) 637-2964 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2016 HORACE MANN ALUMNI MUSICIANS TO PERFORM FOR HILLTOP CARES Benefit Concert Brings School Community Together to Support Abuse Survivors MAY 1 2016, BRONX, NY: The Hilltop Cares Foundation is pleased to announce that on Saturday May 14th, Broadway conductor and Tony award winner Ted Sperling, Grammy award nominated pianist Claudia Knafo, acclaimed jazz musician Jon Seiger, and other Horace Mann alumni will perform at the Fisher Recital Hall on the Horace Mann campus as part of a benefit concert for survivors of abuse at the school. Proceeds from the concert will support The Hilltop Cares Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable organization which assists alumni survivors and their families who are in need of therapeutic treatment. The concert is being held in memory of 1982 Horace Mann alumnus Dominic Kulik who passed away earlier this year. Kulik’s classmate, writer Amos Kamil, author of the 2015 book Great Is the Truth covering the history of abuse at Horace Mann, will share reminiscences of Dominic with the assembled guests, who are expected to include alumni, students, staff members and parents. Marjorie Kaufman, Chair of the Hilltop Cares board, said the concert will be “an incredibly powerful and emotional evening of music and camaraderie in support of a great cause: helping fellow alumni in need and letting them know they are not alone.” Kaufman is a 1978 graduate of Horace Mann as well as the parent of two boys currently at the school. Pianist Claudia Knafo, who is credited with the idea of having alumni musicians perform in support of Hilltop Cares remarked “Bringing together exceptionally talented alumni to share their music on campus is a small step on the road to healing the Horace Mann community, which has been so profoundly affected by revelations of abuse.” Daniel Miller, a lifelong friend of Dominic Kulik, member of the board of Hilltop Cares and current parent, said, "Dominic was an inspiration to us. He was a friendly, caring classmate and his work as a member of the Horace Mann Board of Trustees paved the way for constructive dialogue between a group of abuse survivors and the school." The event, the second such undertaking for Hilltop Cares, will begin at 6:30 pm with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres sponsored by the school. Alumnus Cantor Gregg Luchs ’78, a board member of Hilltop Cares, will conduct a pre-concert spiritual service at 7:30 pm. The concert itself will begin at 8:00 pm and include performances by alumni Ted Sperling ‘79, Claudia Knafo ‘82 and Maryl Cannon ‘79 and remarks by Dominic Kulik’s classmates Amos Kamil and Daniel Miller. The event lineup includes two survivors of abuse: Steve Fife, Class of 1971, who will read selections from his poetry collection, “Twisted Hipster”, and Jon Seiger, Class of 1979, who will perform jazz numbers with his band, The All Stars. The concert will conclude with a reunion of the Horace Mann Jazz Band from the late 1970’s, featuring Jon Seiger, David Kahn ’77, Dr. David Silbersweig ’78 and Dr. Steve Odrich ’80. Tickets beginning at $10 for students are available at the Hilltop Cares website, www.hilltopcares.org. About The Hilltop Cares Foundation: Hilltop Cares was formed by Joe Rose, a 1977 graduate, and other Horace Mann alumni to help survivors of abuse at the school and to promote healing. Led by Marjorie Kaufman, a 1978 graduate and parent of two children currently at the school, Hilltop Cares funds therapy for survivors and their families who are in need of assistance, provides resources on sexual abuse of children through its website, www.hilltopcares.org, and seeks to bring together the Horace Mann community in a spirit of healing. ###
Fantastic graphic display of quantitative data: NYT FinTech April 7, 2016 As an avid fan of Edward Tufte's classic, "Visual Display of Quantitative Information", I'm always on the lookout for bold new examples from practitioners in this field. This one from the recent NYT section on Fintech deserves special recognition. Designer Guilbert Gates from the NY Times Graphics Department has created a striking multidimensional presentation of key facets of the burgeoning Fintech industry. Gates' image groups Fintech companies into 6 business segments: Personal Finance and Management, Money Transfer and Currency, Lending, Payments, Crowdfunding and Wall St Trading and Data Analysis. Each business segment appears as an ovoid blade belonging to a ceiling fan. The concentric circles whirling around the blades represent the year the company was founded. Within each blade, companies are shown as colored circles, with the circle size reflecting their market value, from granddaddy Paypal founded in 1998 and valued at at $47 billion to tiny Venmo founded in 2009 and sold to Paypal for $26 million. Lastly, helpful annotations and dotted lines connecting companies to each other and to other segments, fill in other important details of the narrative. The genius of this graphic lies in its power to convey multiple data points at once, conveying a rich narrative of a fast growing, multi-segment industry in one glance. Lending and Payments are the two largest and most active areas, in terms of number of companies with larger market values, and also in terms of a new company being formed roughly every two years. Meanwhile, most of the firms in the Personal Finance and Investment Management appear to be smaller on average and to have gotten off to a later start than those in other areas. A glance at the Crowdfunding blade tells the viewer that not much value is being created in this segment, despite the hype of well known names like Indigogo and Kickstarter. Only two firms appear to be growing: GoFundMe at $600mm and Tilt at $400mm. Bravo Mr. Gates! Really well done. Unfortunately, you won't find this graphic on the NYT website. It only appeared in the print version. I had to request a pdf from via email.
Learning some really important stuff today.
Lin-Manuel Miranda knows what’s up. The new season of Inside Amy Schumer starts tonight at 10/9c.
Black and white images from White Sands, New Mexico by Marjorie Kaufman
Managers who have suffered huge drawdowns — as many of the hedge fund industry’s biggest names did last year — can survive, but they may have to make big changes.
"Ultimately, one of the most important factors when it comes to recovering from a major drawdown is clearly communicating to clients exactly what you’re doing and why. A big part of both Citadel’s and Maverick’s success was their active communications with investors. Says Marjorie Kaufman, a veteran hedge fund marketer who is now a partner at activist fund Barington Capital Group: "Investors who know what they are getting into when they sign onto a hedge fund can take some lumps along the way. The most important factor is validity and repeatability of the investment process."
The Barington Capital Group partner works with the Young Women’s Leadership Network to help disadvantaged young women earn college degrees.
Hedge-Funder Bill Ackman Is a Star at Tribeca Film Festival, Even As He’s Losing Billions By Michelle Celarier
Hedge-Funder Bill Ackman Is a Star at Tribeca Film Festival, Even As He’s Losing Billions By Michelle Celarier
Hedge-Funder Bill Ackman Is a Star at Tribeca Film Festival, Even As He’s Losing Billions By Michelle Celarier
In one of the more surreal events in Bill Ackman’s now almost four-year battle to take down diet-shake seller Herbalife, the New York billionaire found himself in a weathered church in Chicago’s South Side on a bitter January night in 2015.
As the snow fell outside, the hedge-fund titan…
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The Barington Capital Group partner works with the Young Women’s Leadership Network to help disadvantaged young women earn college degrees.
Le Courrier: Afro Cuban Dancers in Havana
Le Courrier: Afro Cuban Dancers in Havana
Le Courrier published my image of Afro-Cuban dancers in Havana
Passeurs d’arts Samedi 04 juillet 2015 Samuel Schellenberg Photo. En musique et danse, l’Amérique latine a bénéficié des influences amérindiennes, européennes et africaines. Ici, une troupe de danse à La Havane. MARJORIE KAUFMAN
MIGRATIONS (I)De tous temps et partout, les mouvements de population ont permis le renouveau des…
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