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I Love JTA

JTA president Elisa Spungen Bildner, who I am sure earns many times what I do, emails me for money: It is how we hand down our culture to the generations. Next week we will gather with family and friends to … Continue reading

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Inside The Elie Wiesel Foundation

From the Times of London Dec. 20, 2008: It takes an extraordinarily heartless conman to swindle a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and Nobel Peace Prize winner out of all his charitable funds. Yet that is exactly what Bernard “Bernie” … Continue reading

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Where Did Madoff’s $50 Billion Go?

Perplexed emails: "Luke, Where do you think the $50 billion went? Did he invest it in the market and lose it all? I understand the scam, but where did the money go? No one seems to be saying anything on … Continue reading

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Another scam — Is he Jewish?

From the New York Times: In recent days, Dreier L.L.P., the Park Avenue law firm that Mr. Dreier founded, has been plunged into chaos. At least $35 million in escrow that was to have been held by the firm seems … Continue reading

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