Plight of victims revealed in court and in support groups; ‘nightmare we can’t wake from.’
Madoff victim Miriam Siegman outside federal court here Monday: He “robbed me discarded me like road kill.” Michael Datikash
by Stewart Ain Staff Writer
Stephanie Halio of Boca Raton, Fla., said her biggest fear after the sentencing Monday of Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison is that "we will be forgotten." - Read Story -
Forty years after, ‘the Father of Woodstock’ reflects on his long, strange (and partly Jewish) trip.
Flower child: Artie Kornfeld (with more than a touch of gray). Photos courtesy of Artie Kornfeld
by Curt Schleier Special To The Jewish Week
Artie Kornfeld’s memories of that iconic August weekend 40 ye ars ago are, like the mud-soaked farm in Bethel, N.Y., a little murky. But he remembers going out each night with crews to put up fences for a modicum of crowd control — only to have Abbie Hoffman and Merry Prankster Paul Krassner follow shortly thereafter to take them down. - Read Story -
With his back to the wall in his dealings with Washington, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly weighing the possibility of broadening his government to give him more flexibility in anticipation of meeting American demands.- Read Story -
Omri Casspi, member of Israeli championship basketball teams and winner of several individual awards, can easily cite the highlight of his athletic career.- Read Story -
Accustomed as he is to public speaking here and around the country, David Harris, the executive director of the American Jewish Committee, can read an audience as well as anyone. Lately, he says, he is "hearing a growing number of questions and concerns about the U.S.-Israel relationship, and a sense that the Obama administration’s response to the Iran crisis was slower than it should have been."- Read Story -
