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Category Archives: Charity
Fighting Genocide Is A Sweet Living
According to the 2008 990 filing by Jewish World Watch, its executive director Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug brought in $137,596 compensation. It still don’t compare to the Shoah business.
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The Jewish Response To Hunger Is A Sweet Earner For President
According to a 2008 990 tax filing by Mazon: The Jewish Response To Hunger, the president Eric Schockman brought in almost $148,000.
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How Come A Man Makes Most Money At National Council of Jewish Women?
According to the 2008 filing: Robert Klausner brought in about $133,000. As for the sheilas, Leslie Debeauvais brought in but $84,000, Sophia Orshansky $97,000, Ava Rose (not the porn star by that name) $64,000.
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Yisroel Pensack: Germany Bans Turkey-Based Gaza Flotilla “Charity”
Buried deep down in a story headlined, “Sponsor of Flotilla Tied to Elite of Turkey,” The New York Times reports: The Humanitarian Relief Foundation was founded in the early 1990s, first as a charity for the poor in Istanbul, and … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Germany, Islam, Israel, Turkey, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged al qaeda, banned, flotilla, Gaza, hamas, Humanitarian Relief Foundation, I.H.H., terrorist organization
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Yisroel Pensack: “Industrial Strength” Global Fundraising By Chabad For The New Year 5770
At first, I thought the return address said "CHABAD OF CRIME A" in Brooklyn, so I was wondering: What is the difference between "Crime A" and "Crime B", and what crimes do they stand for? Then when I opened the … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Chabad, Charity, Israel, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged 5770, Crimea, fundraising, rosh hashanah
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Inside Steven Spielberg’s Wunderkinder Foundation
Here are the 2007 990 IRS filing and the 2006 filing. The amount of trading with the Wunderkinder’s money is unbelievable. It’s as though someone was day-trading with the Foundation’s nestegg. Wunderkinder’s operators were, at best, asleep at the wheel. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Madoff, commodity futures, Elie Wiesel, fraud scandal, irs code, irs filing, steven spielberg
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The Jewish Funders Network & United Federations Emergency Meeting In Israel
This happened this week. Anyone have the scoop? There were a lot of anxious people comparing notes. Rachel emails: "Your first article yesterday was all the talk at the Jewish Funders Network emergency meeting, and the United Federations emergency meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Elie Wiesel
Tagged bear stearns, Elie Wiesel, elie wiesel foundation, funders, Israel, jewish funders network, lehman brothers, network emergency, philanthropic world, scoop
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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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Tagged elie weisel, Elie Wiesel, elie wiesel foundation, elie wiesel foundation for humanity, financial meltdown, howard sobel, internal revenue code, latham and watkins, madoff, nine times, nobel peace prize, nobel peace prize winner, peace prize winner, us taxpayer
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Inside The Chais Family Foundation
It went bankrupt when Bernie Madoff was arrested. On its 2007 990 IRS filing, it reported assets of $178 million. (2006 filing) From the Los Angeles Times: Chais, 82, did not respond to interview requests. Last week, he told the … Continue reading
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Tagged assets, bernie madoff, family foundation, honorary doctorates, irs filing, jewish charities, jewish philanthropy, weizmann institute
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The Elie Wiesel Foundation Does Not Have Clean Hands
The losers in the Bernie Madoff scandal rarely have clean hands. They were knowing participants in a scheme that was entirely imprudent and in more jeopardy than a virgin at a jailhouse rodeo. The Elie Wiesel Foundation had $9 million … Continue reading
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Tagged bernie madoff, Elie Wiesel, elie wiesel foundation, louis rukeyser, rsm mcgladrey, wiesenthal center
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