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What Bernie Madoff proved about America and the Jews

April 18, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin – JNS.org Read on for article On Dec. 11, 2008, one of the worst events to rock the organized Jewish world was revealed on the front pages of newspapers. Bernie Madoff. Source: Screenshot Few outside of the financial world had ever heard of him before that day. But […]

Notorious Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff dies at age 82

Browse > Home / News / Notorious Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff dies at age 82 April 15, 2021 by JNS Read on for article Jewish Ponzi schemer and disgraced financier Bernie Madoff died on Wednesday at the Federal Medical Centre in Butner, N.C., at the age of 82, his lawyer confirmed. Bernie Madoff His death was a […]

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison

Madoff admitted swindling thousands of clients out of billions of dollars in investments over decades. A court-appointed trustee has recovered more than $13 billion of an estimated $17.5 billion that investors put into Madoff’s business. At the time of Madoff’s arrest, fake account statements were telling clients they had holdings worth $60 billion. For decades, […]

Carl Shapiro, Brandeis benefactor who lost millions to Madoff, dies at 108

BOSTON (JTA) – Carl J. Shapiro, one of Boston’s most significant philanthropists and Brandeis University’s most generous donor, died March 7 at his home in Boston. He was 108. Shapiro built his initial wealth in the middle of the 20th century by transforming his father’s small coat factory into Kay Windsor, a national manufacturer of […]

Jewish Bernie Madoff pleads guilty, is jailed for $65 billion fraud

Madoff pleads guilty, is jailed for $65 billion fraud Grant McCool, Martha Graybow 7 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty on Thursday to orchestrating the biggest investment fraud in Wall Street history and was jailed to await a sentence that could keep him in prison for the rest of his life. […]

From ‘Avalon’ to Madoff: What ‘The Wizard of Lies’ reveals about contemporary American Jewish identity

Back in 1990 director Barry Levinson gave us Avalon, his epic masterpiece on the American Jewish community. In that classic film Levinson skillfully examined the Eastern European Jewish immigrants and their often tumultuous encounter with the complexities of American culture and the assimilation process.  It presented the fraught confrontation of Old World values with the […]

‘Bernie Madoff of campaign finance’ charged with stealing from Democrats

  Guy AdamsThe Independent September 15, 2011 She is being described as “the Bernie Madoff of campaign finance”. No one yet knows how long her apparent scam had been running, or how much money may be missing. But some alleged victims say they have been “nearly wiped out”. Kinde Durkee, a political consultant who organised […]

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