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Published: 06/28/09

Bernie Madoff and the Wise Men of Chelm

By  Jeffrey Weiss - Politics Daily
Bernie Madoff and the Wise Men of Chelm

Champion swindler Bernie Madoff was sentenced today to what amounts to life in prison. And amid the ongoing stories about Madoff, I see the recurring questions: How could so many smart people have allowed themselves to be swindled? And how could he have done it to people with whom he seemingly had such strong ties of culture and faith? As Marie Brenner put it earlier this year in Vanity Fair: "What kind of Jew victimizes Elie Wiesel?" ...

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