Mel Wacks http://www.jta.org/user/profile/28193 Founder and Director of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame in 1969, in association with the Magnes Museum, Berkeley; it has been a Division of the American Jewish Historical Society, New York since 2001. Member of the Board of Directors of the American Israel Numismatic Association almost continuously since its founding in 1968; served as President since 2002. Author of The Handbook of Biblical Numismatics, 1976. Columnist in WorldWide Coins Magazine since 2007. Winner of Numismatic Literary Guild awards in 1999 (Best All-around Portfolio), 2000 (Best Article in U.S. Coin Magazine), 2002 (Best Non-Commercial Website), and 2007 (Best Writer in NLG Newsletter). Fellow of the American Numismatic Society and member of the American Numismatic Association. en-us zsilberman@washingtonjewishweek.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T;22:54:00-05:00 Would Rabbi Avi Shafran still be saying these things if Agudath Israel of America had lost all or a portion of its endowment with Madoff or if Rabbi Shafran's wife, children or fellow congregants had been on the plane piloted by Capt. Sullenburger? 2012-02-09T;22:54:00-05:00 Well now the scammers are scamming other scammers! 2012-02-09T;22:54:00-05:00