(It sometimes gets lumped in with "Jewish groups" in these articles, since the founder is Jewish.)

I imagine the same thing will happen with my as-yet-unnamed foundation. (I just heard via text message, and can't google anything up, so I guess it's not public yet -- probably in the morning...)

But I do think there's a difference between a foundation that was started with money from Jewish people and a foundation whose main goal is supporting Jewish organizations/communities/whatever.

Ugh and my damn cat peed under the tree again. I have no idea what to do. I put a plastic bin under there to try and cover the pee area, but that didn't seem to work. At least the skirt is plastic. I think it will just come down the Sat after Christmas.

But I do think there's a difference between a foundation that was started with money from Jewish people and a foundation whose main goal is supporting Jewish organizations/communities/whatever.

Yeah, definitely. Then there are also those -- AJWS comes to mind -- that identify as Jewish, but the money goes to programs that help all different people. The articles in the Jewish press aren't all making a distinction between "Jewish groups" and "groups largely supported by Jews," and a lot of the mainstream press seems to be going to ridiculous lengths to avoid focusing on anything Jewish with a money scandal. (Which is understandable, but leading to some weirdly-phrased articles.)

Ugh, msbelle -- what, he thinks he's outside, just because there's a tree??

a lot of the mainstream press seems to be going to ridiculous lengths to avoid focusing on anything Jewish with a money scandal.

Oh jeez.

Stuff like this: [link]

But on Monday, The New York Times’s Stephanie Strom says, the young foundation announced that it would cease operations by the end of January — a victim of the same investments that made it a star in liberal philanthropic circles.

And from then on, almost every foundation they mention is a Jewish organization, and the one or two which aren't are largely funded by Jews. And they mention about fifteen or so.

Love 30 Rock. There is always SOMETHING in it that makes me laugh.

Does anyone know where I can get bacon salt in my area?

My spice shelf. We have an extra bottle of it.

So much to do still.

I can't really wrap my head around the Madoff stuff. How do you do that? I mean, I know it happens all the time, but rarely this scale and with such personal ties. What kind of mind thinks they can pull it off? And I am not calling him evil or heartless or sociopathic anything like that, I can't even presume. But with his career history, did he really think he could pull it off?

I laughed every time someone fell down. Didn't happen enough. Tracy Morgan reminds me of family, and not a good way. He doesn't need to be in my living room. Also didn't like the other producer and the guy with the dumb baseball caps.

Tina Fey is quite charming, and Baldwin's great. They just aren't enough.

And from then on, almost every foundation they mention is a Jewish organization, and the one or two which aren't are largely funded by Jews. And they mention about fifteen or so.

Well, I can think of two arguments. One is that it's obvious that many of them are Jewish organizations. The other is that it would be irresponsible to talk about it like it's only a Jewish problem, so not something that anyone else has to worry about.