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Flashback: Fred Trump Sr. Donates Land, Builds Synagogue in Brooklyn
by Shifra on July 20, 2020President Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, has called his father, Fred Trump Sr., a “sociopath.” Yeah, no. Here is the account from Rabbi Shmuel Wagner, now living in Israel, the son of Rabbi Yisroel Wagner, who, in 1956, met with Fred Trump. Note: “shul” is Yiddish for “synagogue.” Via Queens Jewish Link. ….Rabbi Yisroel Wagner survived the Holocaust and made his way to Bolivia, in South America, where he served as the rav of a Jewish community. In 1950, he and his wife moved to California and a few years later to New York, where he became a rabbi in a residential area of Brooklyn, near Brighton Beach. Fred Trump owned 31 buildings in the area, with many Jewish tenants….Reb Shmuel...
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Oklahoma Army Veteran Donates $2.25M Estate, 24 Homes To Be Built
by Tammy on July 2, 2017Nice. A hero being a hero. Via Fox News. An Army veteran who served his country in Vietnam and Saudi Arabia also contributed in a spectacular way to his adopted home state of Oklahoma. Sergeant 1st Class Stephen Florentz, who had retired from the U.S. Army and did in December, left $2.25 million from his estate to the Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity, FOX 25 News reported. The gift from Florentz means that about two dozen will be built. “It’s a life-changing experience for our families,” Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity CEO Ann Felton-Gilliland said. “Because most of them are living in apartment houses that are in unsafe areas, where their children aren’t able to ride their bicycles or even...
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Saudi Donations Now Tainted Money In Media Eyes
by Pat_S on May 22, 2017Ah, the give and take of international relations. Saudi Arabia and the UAE pledged to donate a combined $100 million to a World Bank fund for women which was set up at the urging of Ivanka Trump. In reporting this story the media hadddd to bring up that Donald Trump criticized Hillary for the Clinton Foundation accepting money from the same sources. Trump called on Hillary to return the money. Trump is a hypocrite and/or Hillary was unfairly criticized is what we are supposed to think. Saudis And The UAE Will Donate $100 Million To A Fund Inspired By Ivanka Trump The donation raised some eyebrows, since candidate Trump regularly excoriated the Clinton Foundation for accepting donations from repressive Middle...
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Israel: Christian Charity Gaza Head Diverted Cash To Hamas To Build Military Base
by Shifra on August 4, 2016Mohammed El Halabi, the Gaza head of World Vision, is accused of being a Hamas activist who has been using his position in the charity to divert millions of dollars to the military arm of Hamas, financing the digging of terror tunnels to Israel and building a military base to prepare for war with Israel. Via Telegraph. Millions of pounds donated to the Christian charity World Vision were secretly diverted to the Islamist group Hamas, including £60,000 from the UK that went to building a base for militants, Israel said Thursday. Israeli investigators arrested an alleged Hamas operative who they said infiltrated the charity and rose to become its director in Gaza only to use his position to funnel £5.3...
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Wounded Warrior Project’s Top Execs Reportedly Fired Amid Lavish Spending Scandal
by Tammy on March 10, 2016The situation is very unfortunate but at least it looks like the board is doing something about it. Let’s hope they get their act together as they provide an obviously imperative service to our vets. Via Fox News. The two top executives of the Wounded Warrior Project — among the largest veterans charities in the country — were fired Thursday after an investigation into accusations of lavish spending on parties, hotel and travel, CBS News reported. Wounded Warrior Project’s CEO, Steven Nardizzi, and COO, Al Giordano, were fired by the charity’s board amid criticisms about how it spends more than $800 million raised in donations in the past four years, CBS News reported. The charity’s board of directors made their...