Gabrielle Birkner
By Gabrielle Birkner
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News Tallying the Jewish Communal Losses
In the week since Bernard Madoff was arrested and accused of running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history, hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to Jewish foundations and social service organizations have been totaled; two charities that backed mostly Jewish and Israeli causes have been shuttered. The ripple effect of the alleged…
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Israel News Celebrity Dinnertime Chez Madoff
For Bernard Madoff, who federal prosecutors say ran a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, there’s little hope these days of getting out for a leisurely dinner at Daniel, at Davidburke & Donatella, or at any of the tony restaurants near his manse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. But Madoff’s wife, Ruth, should have no trouble preparing for…
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News Charities, Day Schools Hard Hit by Madoff Scandal
The collapse of the investment firm of Bernard Madoff has opened a black hole at the center of the tight knit circles of wealthy Jews who socialize and do business together, and who, year after year, support Jewish causes. Madoff, who stands accused of running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, served on the board of Yeshiva…
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Life What Bernie Madoff Eats for Dinner
It may take more than comfort food to soothe Bernard Madoff, who feds say ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history. But as long as Madoff — who was released on $10 milion bail last week — remains holed up in his Upper East Side penthouse, he might as well feast on warm leek and…
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News Madoff Arrest Sends Shockwaves Through Jewish Philanthropy
The arrest of Wall Street trader Bernard L. Madoff, who federal agents say defrauded investors of an estimated $50 billion, has had immediate consequences in the Jewish philanthropic world. One charity already closed and insiders are worried that the ramifications of Madoff’s financial demise may extend to the many organizations he supported and the wealthy…
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Life Big Donor Gone Bad?
Wall Street trader Bernard L. Madoff, who stands accused of defrauding investors of an estimated $50 billion, is a major donor to Jewish causes. Until this morning, Madoff is had been listed as the treasurer of Yeshiva University’s board of trustees. He also had been the chairman of the university’s Sy Syms School of Business….
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Life ‘Gossip Girl’ Under the Chuppah
Television’s resident WASPs can’t seem to get enough of Jewish men. First “Sex and the City” married off its Episcopal princess, Charlotte, to a Conservative Jew, and now “Gossip Girl” is getting an infusion of Yiddishkeit in its blue-blooded veins. In this week’s episode, Park Avenue matron Eleanor Waldorf (Margaret Colin) wedded the mentshlikh Jewish…
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Israel News ‘Gossip Girl’ Under the Chuppah
The CW’s hit series “Gossip Girl,” which centers on a group of New York City preparatory school students and their moneyed families, is getting an infusion of *Yiddishkeit *into its blue-blooded veins. During a recent episode, Park Avenue matron Eleanor Waldorf (Margaret Colin) married her Jewish businessman boyfriend, Cyrus Rose (Wallace Shawn). The ceremony was…
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