Dean Rotbart

Why the truth may go to jail with Bernie Madoff

Published on March 12, 2009

The Dyybuk in Annie Lennox

Published on January 11, 2009

Pro-Jihadists plan synagogue protests – how to respond

Published on January 6, 2009

Anger replaces shock as Madoff scam puts spotlight on charity boards

Published on December 30, 2008

Anger has begun to supplant shock as those who contribute to prominent Jewish charities or work on their behalf gasp for comprehension of the unprecedented percussion that the Bernard L. Madoff investment fraud is having on their favorite causes.

Jewish Journal Madoff coverage featured on national radio

Published on December 30, 2008

Both Pollard and Milken merit pardons

Published on December 28, 2008

The Four Big Madoff Questions:
Who's to blame, how much is lost, where's the money, will it occur again?

Published on December 24, 2008

Why is this fraud different from all other frauds?

Years from now, lawyers, journalists and historians are likely to still be debating the causes and consequences of Madoff's massive deception. Untangling the mess will not only be crucial in the bid to provide restitution to some victims, it will also become a case study of how not to repeat the same mistakes.

Big legal trouble ahead for victimized charities and investors

Published on December 24, 2008

In the eyes of the American judicial system, said fraud investigators and asset hunters, some innocent victims of Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme are legitimate targets for government and civil actions seeking to compel them to disgorge any gains they derived.

‘The days of running this country like a John Wayne movie are over’

Published on December 21, 2008

Tufts University says it lost $20 million

Published on December 20, 2008

A nightmare scenario known as ‘The Madoff Syndrome

Published on December 19, 2008

Even the $50 billion estimate is bogus

Published on December 19, 2008

Bush should pardon Mike Milken

Published on December 18, 2008

Milken is a good man. Dare I say, a tzadik (righteous one)?

Some MOCA board members are wary of Eli Broad

Published on December 17, 2008

Yeshiva University letter - ‘p.s., we lost only $110 million’

Published on December 17, 2008

Ripple effect of the Madoff deception - The Chais Family Foundation beneficiaries

Published on December 17, 2008

Class-action suit filed in Madoff case also names L.A.’s Stanley Chais

Published on December 16, 2008

Madoff’s ‘unspeakable evil’ shocks those who thought they knew him well

Published on December 16, 2008

The paradox -- one man possessed of bountiful quantities of good and evil -- is confounding to many who knew Madoff and only now are discovering his dark side.

The questionable legacy of Eli & Edythe Broad

Published on December 15, 2008

Madoff’s injurious ties to Yeshiva University and the Jewish community

Published on December 12, 2008

Five words no charity wants to hear: ‘Give me back my money’

Published on December 11, 2008

The Josef Goebbels School of Journalism and Propaganda

Published on December 10, 2008

Dark days for Jewish owners of Chico Mall

Published on December 9, 2008

My 2008 short list of people to remember to hate

Published on December 8, 2008

Dear Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin: I apologize for the Jewish vote for Obama

Published on November 13, 2008

For now, we must leave the Lost Tribes of Obama on their own. If their ears could not hear and their eyes could not see all the pre-election warnings that a President Obama may cost Israel its very survival, and in a domino effect destabilize the Western world and America, I have yet to discover the magic words that would wake them from their trance.