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What the Epstein files show about Jeffrey Epstein’s Jewish world

JL;DR SUMMARY The involvement of Jeffrey Epstein with the Jewish community is examined through recently released files that reveal his donations to several Jewish causes, even after his 2008 conviction for sexual solicitation of a minor. 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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Jewish CommunityJewish PhilanthropyTzedakahLarry SummersJeffrey EpsteinUja FederationLeslie WexnerYeshiva Tifereth MosheCharity Ethics

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."
New York, United States
"Describing Epstein as a financier and science philanthropist, 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."
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."
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."
Virgin Islands, British
"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."
Jerusalem, Israel
"In 2014 Beller signed another $18,610 cash withdrawal to Yeshiva Mercaz Hatorah, a Jerusalem school catering to English-speaking Orthodox boys."

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