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With overall outrage and reflection in the Jewish community over the Bernard Madoff scandal, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research held a discussion: "Madoff: A Jewish Reckoning." Panelists included Columbia professor Simon Schama and hedge fund investor Michael Steinhardt, but based on the NY Times' report, it seems Mort Zuckerman, real estate and media mogul, provided most of the sparks. Zuckerman, whose charity lost $30 million with Madoff, didn't like the theme, "I do not accept this at all as a Jewish thing." Calling Madoff a "sociopath," he noted that Enron's Kenneth Lay was not called a “prominent Protestant energy fraudster" and "argued that no one since Julius Rosenberg, executed for espionage in 1953, had 'so damaged the image and self-respect of Jews.'" It's unclear if Zuckerman read the Newsweek opinion piece, "Uncle Bernie and the Jews" which argues that the upside of the scandal could be that Jews acts...less Episcopalian.

Newsweek released that latest list of 1,200 top high school rankings. It is precisely the kind of list that makes people many parts crazy, because their schools aren't listed at all or because their schools are listed and it'll drive up property prices. The NY Sun says that the list snubs the city, as none of the city's prestigious schools are listed in the top 100: "The top-ranked city school, the High School for Arts and Business in Queens, placed at no. 351. Forest Hills High School, also in Queens, squeezed in at no. 1,159." Three other high schools in Queens were listed, as were a school in Staten Island and one in Brooklyn.

The Daily News reveals that more New Yorkers wants Michael Bloomberg as President than they do Rudy Giuliani, 46% to 29%. And when asked "Who do you think was the better mayor?," 56% say Bloomberg over Rudy's 29%. And there are quotes from two parts of the city:

"I like that everything Bloomberg said he is going to do for the city, he did. There are more charter schools and I like that," said Sharran Roberts, a 30-year-old mother from Bushwick, Brooklyn. "[Giuliani] did over his wife, he did over [New Yorkers] and he is not going to do it with the country."

Continue reading "Bloomberg: The Non-Candidate "

Two weeks ago, Post announced that it was raising its price from 25 cents to 50 cents, with the change going into effect this week. Gawker noticed that a camera crew was filming the new price change for the paper, but NY1 found that the Daily News lowered its price to 25 cents for the week! So sneaky - we almost expect Rupert Murdoch (whose News Corp owns the Post) to visit Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman with a sock full of quarters!

Today, between 3PM and 7PM, many people are planning to attend an immigration rally at City Hall. There are a couple different plans (the Daily News says some are marching over the Brooklyn Bridge again while others will start at Washington Square Park), with students, taxi drivers and other service workers will walk out or leave work in order to attend the rally. Yesterday's rally in Dallas had hundreds of thousands of people.

is about to get interesting again. Well, interesting if you find the ever dwindling newspaper circulation numbers interesting. Which for whatever reason, we actually kinda do.