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Ivan Boesky. Michael Milken. Bernie Madoff. These Jewish people became fabulously wealthy and were known for their philanthropic donations—and they fell hard from their rarefied positions when the crimes behind their financial successes were revealed. What do we think about people who made their money in dubious ways, and then use those funds to try to gain favor? This week Rabbi Jaech led us on an exploration of what Jewish wisdom has to say about donations that may have come from dubious sources.
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Ivan Boesky. Michael Milken. Bernie Madoff. These Jewish people became fabulously wealthy and were known for their philanthropic donations—and they fell hard from their rarefied positions when the crimes behind their financial successes were revealed. What do we think about people who made their money in dubious ways, and then use those funds to try to gain favor? This week Rabbi Jaech led us on an exploration of what Jewish wisdom has to say about donations that may have come from dubious sources.