Update on Ezra Merkin:
[Merkin] stepped down Wednesday night as an officer of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, a wealthy congregation founded 50 years ago by his father, and whose members included some of Mr. Merkin’s largest individual investment-losers.
Mr. Merkin disclosed his unexpected decision in a speech at the synagogue’s annual membership meeting, in which he declined the nomination to become chairman of the synagogue’s board of trustees.
Ira Rennert, a tax cheat, remains Chairman.
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:24AM
Come on, UD, give the man a break. If Tim "Beavis" Geithner can cheat all the live-long day and still be Treasury Secretary, surely Mr. Rennert can be on a synagogue board.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:25AM
To be sure, tp. Just sayin’.
And – to be fair – despite his wealth, Rennert walks humbly with his god:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Rennert