Yeshiva University hit hard by Madoff fraud http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/yeshiva-university-rocked-by-madoff-fraud/ Yeshiva University has suffered major losses related to the securities fraud of Bernard Madoff, sources close to the university said. en-us jstaff@jta.org Copyright 2008 2008-12-14T;17:29:00-05:00 Comment by charles jackson charles.jackson.nyc@gmail.com The real crisis is going to hit the central organizations as the big-bucks-Wall-Streeters run out of appreciated securities to donate for big time recognition at dinners, galas, etc. The central organizations are filled with articulate, dedicated, committed, and fully-engaged well-trained rabbis who spend their time shuffling papers, developing programs, arranging speakers, and generally congratulating one another. Not an ounce of this effort teaches a nine-year-old to read from a siddur, or helps a 12 year old understand chumash or tanach. When half of the staff of the organizations are cut because their funds have dried up maybe they’ll put their egos aside and use their talents and training to teach torah instead of spending their days in committees and program development. The real crisis is going to hit the central organizations as the big-bucks-Wall-Streeters run out of appreciated securities to donate for big time recognition at dinners, galas, etc. The central organizations are filled with articulate, dedicated, committed, and fully-engaged well-trained rabbis who spend their time shuffling papers, developing programs, arranging speakers, and generally congratulating one another. Not an ounce of this effort teaches a nine-year-old to read from a siddur, or helps a 12 year old understand chumash or tanach.

When half of the staff of the organizations are cut because their funds have dried up maybe they’ll put their egos aside and use their talents and training to teach torah instead of spending their days in committees and program development.

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