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CHILDREN OF CHERNOBYL
Ron Silver Finds
Raichik Righteous
By
Tim Boxer
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SILVER
was quite eager to emcee the fourth annual Children at Heart
Celebrity Fantasy Auction at New York’s Chelsea Piers. He’d
heard that the event is run by the Righteous Brothers.
“I’m
a great rock fan,” he said, “so I couldn’t wait. But when I
got here I found they’re not the Righteous Brothers who run this
charity – it’s the Raichik brothers.”
The
gala evening is sponsored by Children of Chernobyl, with Yossie
Raichik at the helm in Israel and brother Abie in New
York.
he
organization is a humanitarian medical relief project that helps
improve the health of children affected by the 1986 nuclear disaster
in Ukraine.
Silver
presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Anne Meara and Jerry
Stiller. He recalled 25 years ago when he and Meara were in the
TV series Rhoda.
“Anne would come over to our apartment. Once she
brought her children, Ben and Amy. I introduced Ben to grain and
grape. He went to school next day in a bit of a fog.”
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