Jewish Fundraising (1999)
Today's Golden Oldie is from July 1999. I came across this cartoon from ten years ago. It is NOT one of those cartoons "that I could do today." Back in 1999 Jewish Fundraising went through its predictable seasonal cycles. The cartoon displays an amazingly "all's well in the world" ho hum attitude that is almost shocking.Now, just ten years later we've had a market crash, an economic meltdown, and, as a poisoned cherry on top of the Ice Cream Sundae, we've had the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme ...which took out major Jewish philanthropies and major Jewish donors alike. So in this year of 2009 things are very different from 1999. For info on what's happening in the world of Jewish Philanthropy I always check with eJewishPhilanthropy.com.
Labels: 1999, 2009, American Jews, Crisis, Economy, Jewish, Madoff, Philanthropy, Ponzi
2 Comments:
I have noticed over the years that our friends the: Jewish philanthropies come to grief and we shrug our shoulders and say "oh well" and go on about our business. Millions have gone to, as Bones would say "Jewish Fundraising" and do nothing. Mr Pollard was a fund raiser in the same sence as the other Jewish philanthropies
Thanks for the shout-out!
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