Wading into what has emerged as a major partisan fight, Jewish organizations in Washington are lining up with Democrats in offering strong support for the $819 billion economic stimulus bill.
The resignation of its longitme president, John Fishel, is just one of many significant changes at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, reports the Forward. Fishel’s departure is yet another sign that the federation, which lost $6.4 million in the Bernard Madoff scandal, is moving in a new direction. In the past year, it […]
The Forward talks to Bernard Madoff’s lawyer Ira Sorkin. Though he doesn’t yield any details about the case, he talks about why he is representing Madoff. “We represent the despised, the downtrodden, the weak,” Sorkin told the Forward. “I believe in the system, that’s the most important thing. It’s the system that requires us […]
