THE SHABSELS RESIDENCE

THIS HOUSE IS SOLD OUT

David Shabsels and Lisa Dewitt welcome you to their newly renovated midtown apartment. 212 East 48th Street is a pre-war cooperative building located in the heart of Turtle Bay neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan. It was built in 1924 and designed by John H. Duncan, the architect responsible for Grant’s Tomb, Hotel Wolcott and the Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Arch in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. It has a beautiful marble lobby with arched French glass doors opening onto the building’s private garden. The apartments were recently combined and re-designed by the California innovative designer – Assaf Leib – as his debut project in the city. The old fashioned complexity of the original layout had drawn the no. 1 objective of the project: To create a spacious space in a transitional style – incorporating traditional and contemporary elements, and using the natural light as a guide for the architectural design. "My greatest achievement in this project was – to change the all-over-look and feel of the space from a typical Manhattan apartment – to a cozy home" – says Leib.

The dinner at the Shabsels residence is a contribution of Antibes Bistro of 112 Suffolk, Lower East Side. This is going to be a Mediterranean feast cooked by renowned Chef – David Shemesh.

THE JACKOBSON RESIDENCE

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Elem Board Member, Bonnie Jackobson, is generously hosting at her Uper East Side apartment designed by a top architect whose work frequnetly appears in Architectural Digest. She is a renowned couple therapist who often appears in talk shows such as Oprah, Montel Williams, and Ricki Lake. During dinner, Dr. Jacobson will be happy to discuss her new best seller "Choose To Be Happily Married-How Everyday Decisions Can Lead To Lasting Love".

YORAN RESIDENCE

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Varda Yoran, an accomplished sculpture and her husband Shalom Yoran, the author of the memoir "The Defiant" about his holocaust survival, have generously opened their wonderful Brooklyn house.

This is a brand new all-glass building designed by acclaimed Architect Richard Meier. And the views are amazing as the building stands right on Brooklyn's historical Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park.

During the evening, Elem Activist, and singer Bat-Or Kalo will take out her guitar and sing a few of her amazing songs just like this one:

THE KATZ RESIDENCE

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Board Member, Fran Katz Residence (5th Avenue Next To Central Park) is in a magnificent pre-world war one building. In the 1920's Fred F. French constructed the 14-room penthouse to house his family. The penthouse was home to Fred and Cordelia French, to John Winslow French, Fred, Jr. and Theodore and Ellen Millard French. The building faces Central Park and The Metropolitan Musuem of Art.

THE HEIMAN RESIDENCE

THIS HOUSE IS SOLD OUT

Oren Heiman & Tal Shapsha (Upper West Side): This is the residence of two of our activists. The apartment is in the newly redone 30 Lincoln Plaza building, with its famous tri-directional views to Lincoln Center, Central Park and Columbus Circle. “We moved into the apartment in January and have been busy making it into a home since” says the previous chairman and founder of Elem-Entry. “The only two homes Tal and I ever had were the US and Israel. We and our 8 combined siblings grew up on parent-cooked, healthy food and we will try to capture the influence of our grandparents’ background from Romania, Morocco and Poland in flavors and dishes we grew up on”. “Our favorite wines are Israeli and hope to be able to locate and serve a combination of Israel’s finest reds including Tishbi (Estate), Barkan (Altitude Series) and Pelter (Trio).