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Checks, charities and conversion classes: What the Epstein files show about Jeffrey Epstein’s Jewish world

JL;DR SUMMARY Jeffrey Epstein's extensive involvement with Jewish communities and causes has come to light following a recent release of files. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Uja Federation Of New YorkPhilanthropyJewish OrganizationsDonationsHarvard HillelLarry SummersJeffrey EpsteinEthical DilemmasLeslie WexnerYeshiva Tifereth Moshe

Places mentioned

Queens, New York, United States
"Soon his accounts wired $25,000 to Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe, in Queens, via the Jewish donation service MATCH."
Rome, Georgia, United States
"US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick boards Air Force One prior to departure from Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Georgia, February 19, 2025."
New Delhi, Delhi, India
"American economist and Harvard University Professor Lawrence H Summers during the interview at Taj Place on September 30, 2024 in New Delhi, India."
Israel
"they trumpeted his support of the Jewish National Fund, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Columbia Jewish Foundation, UJA- New York, and Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, along with a few yeshivas that were not Kaplans."
New York, United States
"Epstein urged the intermediary to apply pressure to speed the conversion."
Dallas, Texas, United States
"The Texas Torah Institute, a yeshiva in Dallas, recently issued a statement saying it was unaware that Epstein had paid out $28,000 in tuition payments across 2008 and 2009."
Norway
"while Norwegian diplomat Mona Juul, who played a large role in facilitating the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, has also resigned from government after emails revealed Epstein had left her children millions in his will."
U.S. Virgin Islands, United States
"as well as two synagogues located on the U.S. Virgin Islands where Epstein frequented one Reform, one Chabad."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"The next year Beller signed a check for $1,000 to Chabad Neshama Hebrew School in Brooklyn, and sent another $6,000 of Epsteins money to American Yedidim, an Israeli aid group based in Florida."
New York, United States
"Epstein urged the intermediary to apply pressure to speed the conversion."
Naples, Florida, United States
"Additional pleas for Epsteins cash or other forms of largesse came from a Naples, Florida, Reform synagogue president, now deceased, as well as two synagogues located on the U.S. Virgin Islands where Epstein frequented one Reform, one Chabad."

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