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Reeling from Madoff losses, Hadassah determined to recover
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 20.12.08, 08:57
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1. Bernard Madoff
alvaro ,   cap fed. argentina   (12.20.08)
Bernard, please go f**k yourself. You are a disgrace to my religion and my people. Am israel chai!!!!
2. Hadassa Hospitals serves Arabs--not a penny for them!
KettleWhistle ,   israelforum.com   (12.20.08)
3. A great Artist
caw ,   very near   (12.20.08)
Madoff is a great man. God bless him. A man of peace. A light onto the people.
4. #2 You shame me, you shame Israel
sheila ,   jerusalem isrel   (12.20.08)
5. What greed can do to people
Sarah ,   Jerusalem   (12.20.08)
Bernard madoff was greedy. His clients were greedy and never questioned why he was able to give them such a high interest - they never suspected that he was robbing Peter to pay Paul until everyone lost. Sheer greed on al lsides.
6. #2 AMEN!!!!!! NO HOSPITALS UNTIL ATTACKS STOP!
Petra ,   USA   (12.20.08)
# 4 NO SHAME WHATSOEVER! STOP GIVING AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY. THEY AREN'T WORTH A DIME.
7. he used his religion to snag more victims
(12.20.08)
his sons must also go to jail.
8. 1
Talula ,   Israel   (12.20.08)
I absolutely agree with you. He is a disgusting disgrace hope he gets a heart attack and pegs it. Greedy bastard.
9. Excommunicate Bernard Madoff indefinitely!
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem Israel   (12.20.08)
10. MAD off?
Lawrence Tendler ,   Safed Israel   (12.20.08)
Never trust a man with MAD as part of his name.
11. #2,#6
israeli ,   israel   (12.20.08)
Are you mad? Have you no shame? Hadassah is the largest employer in Jerusalem, second only to the Municipality. It provides 5000 jobs and it does NOT provide free medical treatment. Would you like to see 5000 Jerusalemites out of their jobs just because you are fascist nuts?
12. Hadassah Is a Donation SCAM
David ,   Tel-Aviv   (12.20.08)
The 90 million Hadassah lost to Madoff's scam is a fraction compared to the donation scam Hadassah has been running for over 75 years. It's a known fact that only a mere 10% of monies donated to the hospital actually are used for it's true purpose, the majority is used to pay enormous salaries , fancy cars, 1st class plane tickets and 5 star hotels to it's board members and executive workers. Also over 25% is taken off the top to pay the individual who initiates the donation. Hadassah is a huge BUSINESS and dozens and dozens of people are making small fortunes through donations made by naive foriegners.
13. You must not be Jewish to say such a comment --Shame!
(12.20.08)
14. Dante surely has a place in hell for the greedy reprobate
7th Circle of Hell ,   for Madoff!   (12.20.08)
15. #4,11--Have YOU no shame?
KettleWhistle ,   israelforum.com   (12.20.08)
Hadassa provides medical services to Arabs, including terrorists with blood on their hands. It is not fascist to desire for your country to have dignity. Not a penny to Hadassa until it changes its ways and stop servicing the enemy.
16. G-d punished crooks!
Avi Zack ,   NY, USA   (12.20.08)
These crook-ladies stood idle as Jewish blood was spilled in Israel. Why would they need $90 million in investment portfolio? To pay their head-crooks $300k/year & sponsor their rich hubby's geshefts. Struggling Jews in Judea/Samaria got nothing. So G-d punished them!
17. 2 Billion Year to the Palis for Kassams
Dav Lev ,   Burbank. CAUSA   (12.20.08)
For 1 years, we should boycott any Jewish organization or charity that gives even one cent or one shekel to an Arab. Why? Caus Saudi Arabia takes in 300b (billion) dollars/year thanks to petro dollars. Iran is using it's oil revenue to finance atomic bombs to explode over Tel Aviv. The Palestinians get funding to manufacture those thousands of Kassams or Grads. Russia and Iran are financing Syrian defenses and missiles (now loaning 10 Migs to Lebanon. My point..the Palis want money for health care, etc...well, they can go to their own Muslims for aid. Not one cent more to these Arabs who, given their druthers, would destroy all of us and US. To my fellow Jews: wake up. US groups contribute millions to so-called Arab charities (actually to Hamas and Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad).
18. JEW2JEW
cambo ,   usa   (12.20.08)
If he wa just ripping off the goyim you would not be reading about Madoff. Good people of Israel go to www.bollyn.info for the truth.
19. #18 Pot Kettle ,Kettle Pot
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (12.20.08)
I enjoyed reading your article,especially the :"PLEASE SEND YOUR DONATIONS TO" part...Don't worry Christopher I am not going to be too hard on you ,we all need Money to live right? so Mr. Madoff is just another Jew crook,he is not the first and will not be the last. I have my doubts about how much of a Zionist he is though...true Zionists live here in Israel like myself,through thick and thin,in sickness and Health and under daily Rocket fire if need be.I also do not care a damn if "Goyim " also got ripped off,they are the biggest thieves if truth be told and why should anybody be immune? Bernard Madoff was an equal opportunity crook...it matters little to him if his unfortunate victims are Jew or Gentile,Black or White ,old or young...
20. I Am The Sucker,Honest And Poor
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (12.20.08)
Bernard Madoff is a thieving scumbag,true enough...BUT... He operated for decades with many satisfied customers who were only too happy to trust this Wizard.They would give him a Dollar and two weeks later their Dollar would be worth half as much again.Nobody stopped to ask How Can This Be Done? Smoke and Mirrors folks.Madoff,crook though he is,was only too convenient for a long,long time.
21. The Ones Who Invested In Madoff And
Lawrence ,   Safed Israel   (12.20.08)
Icelandic Banks are just as much greedy Bastards as Madoff.If it were really possible to get rich quick then nobody would ever need to work.By the way,the only things in Iceland are Ice ,Geysers and Bjork...smoke and mirrors.
22. #5 Your Are The One Who Makes The
Lawrence Tendler ,   Safed Israel   (12.20.08)
Most sense here Sarah.People are so greedy that they have no scruples as long as they can return a profit,no questions asked.
23. #11
israeli ,   israel   (12.20.08)
Hadassah Hospitals are medical, not political organizations. They provide medical care for Israelis, foreigners and yes, Arabs from the Palestinian Authority and receives full payment for the services rendered. What next? Should hospitals refuse admission and treatment of a patient because they are left wing or right wing? Is that what you are saying? Hadassah is not the only hospital to admit ALL those in need of medical care. All Israeli hospitals do. If a person is believed to be a terrorist, that's what COURTS OF LAW are for, not hospitals. Doctors and nurses are neither policemen nor judges, and above all no executioners. So no I am not ashamed that Hadassah, perhaps the largest and most advanced medical center in the whole Middle East still abides by the highest professional and moral standards and is a beacon of light and a model of coexistence in the Middle East. Medicine and politics mix only in the vilest dictatorships and in Nazi-type societies. So, no, I see no reason to feel ashamed. Thank you for providing evidence that Israel is not a genocidal and apartheid state.
24. 15 No, have YOU no shame?
Israel   (12.20.08)
We, as Israelis, pride ourselves on our humanity and that means saving the life of anyone. Letting someone die on a gurney would equal us to those savages in Gaza and other Arab states. It's people like you that will forever give us Jews a bad name.
25. American secular jews have cold hearts.
Janet keno ,   Pikesville   (12.20.08)
Thats why these things happen.
26. Irresponsible Haddasah
Joe Bloom ,   Miami, Florida   (12.20.08)
Where is the mea culpa by the Hadassah fundraisers? They were scammed and now want more money?!? The heads should roll first of the irresponsible fat cat fundraisers!! Maybe they should be sued for their lack of good management.
27. #15 #2 Thank G-d our hospitals tend patients not religions
Sheila ,   Jerusalem   (12.21.08)
How can you possibly be so hate-filled that you would turn a patient away from hospital based on their faith. If the shoe were on the other foot I suppose you would yell anti-semitism!!!!! Get a jewish persective not a hard and heartless one
28. #24, it's not humanity to help our enemies.
KettleWhistle ,   israelforum.com   (12.21.08)
People like you were also helping Germans during Holocaust. Now you're helping Arabs, so that more Jews will die. Neither people like you, or those who run Hadassa will get a penny of my hard-earned coppers. I'd take being a "savage" like our Arab enemy over being a pseudo-humanistic kapo like you any day.
29. Hashem will punish madoff far worse than we can.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (12.21.08)
Hadassa officials HAD to know, HAD to suspect this was a fraud, no on makes money every day when others lose money. If it sounds like a crook, and it acts like a crook, what to do you think it is, a goose?
30. maduff
sas ,   israel   (12.21.08)
the word disgusting is too nice for him.
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