Covering the Madoff Scandal
December 11 marks the one-year anniversary of Bernard Madoff’s arrest on fraud charges.
In the days following his arrest, the Forward provided robust reporting on the multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme’s impact on the Jewish community and its organizations. Early coverage probed Madoff’s communal connections, tallied organizational losses and took readers inside Madoff’s Upper East Side penthouse, which has since been seized by U.S. Marshals.
During the past year, the Forward has sought to cover the scandal from all sides — in news, features and opinion pieces, in print and online. The Madoff affair was even the subject of a comic strip —and a subsequent news illustration — by the Forward’s Eli Valley, and an article in our Purim spoof, Backward.
What follows is a list of the Forward’s articles and blog posts on the Madoff scandal, beginning with our most recent coverage, as well as a related photo gallery.
– Gabrielle Birkner
12/2/09 – Few Charities Go Public With Policies for Reform (News)
12/2/09 – Victims Lose Faith That Government Protects (News)
12/2/09 – Hadassah Changing the Way It Does Business (News)
10/28/09 – Picower’s Death Adds to Mystery: Who Else Knew of Madoff Fraud? (News)
10/21/09 – Trick or Treyf: Madoff Mask a Hit for Halloween (The Shmooze)
10/21/09 – Bernie Madoff and Jonathan Pollard Are Prison Pals, Filing Says (Bintel Blog)
10/13/09 – The Madoff Mash (Bintel Blog)
10/7/09 – Should Madoff’s Winners Give Back to Losers? (News)
8/29/09 – Charities Hurt by Madoff May Have To Return Funds (News)
7/6/09 – In Defense of Ruth Madoff (Sisterhood)
7/1/09 – In the Courtroom: Torment and Dante’s Hell (News)
7/1/09 – For Madoff’s Victims, Here’s a Guide to the Complex World of Legal Restitution (News)
6/30/09 – Madoff Décor: ‘Queens Baroque’ at Home; Austere at the Office (Bintel Blog)
6/26/09 – On Madoff, Charity and Morality (Bintel Blog)
6/24/09 – Madoff’s Victims Speak Out (News)
6/18/09 – Growing Up Madoff (Bintel Blog)
6/4/09 – Madoff Look-alike Lands Film’s Title Role (Shmooze)
5/22/09 – J. Ezra Merkin, and What Passes for Gallantry (Bintel Blog)
4/24/09 – Was Norman Levy in on Bernie Madoff’s Scam? (Bintel Blog)
4/6/09 – Merkin’s Legal Woes (Bintel Blog)
3/25/09 – Saving Our Money for Madoff? (Forward Forum)
3/25/09 – The Pity of Bernie Madoff (Forward Forum)
3/20/09 – Just Be Glad Your Last Name Is Not Madoff (Bintel Blog)
3/17/09 – For Madoff Victims, Tax Breaks and Osso Buco (Bintel Blog)
3/15/09 – Madoff Scheme Brings to Light Jewish Artifacts (Bintel Blog)
3/12/09 – Thanking Mr. Madoff (Bintel Blog)
3/12/09 – Madoff: The Most Unpopular Prisoner (Bintel Blog)
3/11/09 – Cleaning Toilets, and Other Victim Fantasies
3/11/09 – Zeroing in on Possible Madoff Co-Conspirators (Bintel Blog)
3/4/09– ADL Bestows Honor on Madoff (Backwards: A Purim Spoof)
2/23/09 – When Merkin Met Madoff (Bintel Blog)
2/6/09 – Madoff’s Lawyer Not Part of ‘Madoff Diaspora,’ After All (Bintel Blog)
1/29/09 – Who Lost What With Madoff Courtesy of Nick Kristof’s College Housemate (Bintel Blog)
1/28/09 – Madoff’s Lawyer Plays Both Sides of the Court (News)
1/28/09 – The Shonda! (Arts)
1/22/09 – Discussing Madoff (On the Go)
1/20/09 – Bernard Madoff, the Condiment (Bintel Blog)
1/15/09 – The Long Arm of Halacha: Jewish Law and the Madoff Scandal (Forward Forum)
1/15/09 – Mrs. Madoff’s Kitchen Controversy (Bintel Blog)
1/8/09 – AJCongress Crippled by Madoff Scandal (News)
1/7/2009 – Madoff Scandal Sends Sheytl-Wearing Banker Into Hiding (Bintel Blog)
12/31/08 – Charities Change Course After Madoff (News)
12/26/08 – Wither the Mega-Donor? (Bintel Blog)
12/24/08 – Cringing at Madoff, and Counting Cabinet Jews (Forward Forum)
12/24/08 – We Are All Madoff’s Enablers (Forward Forum)
12/20/08 – Billion-Dollar Foundation To Shutter Amid Madoff Woes (Bintel Blog)
12/18/08 – Tallying the Jewish Communal Losses (News)
12/18/08 – Other People’s Money (Editorial)
12/18/08 – What Sort of Man? Madoff on the Couch (News)
12/18/08 – Sconces and Scrapbooks: A Visit to the Madoffs (News)
12/18/08 – Merkin Seen as Enabler for Madoff (News)
12/18/08 – Madoff Scandal Rips Apart Close World of Jewish Philanthropy (News)
12/17/08 – Charities, Day Schools Hard Hit by Madoff Scandal (News)
12/16/08 – What Bernie Madoff Eats for Dinner (Bintel Blog)
12/12/08 – Madoff Arrest Sends Shockwaves Through Jewish Philanthropy (News)
12/12/08 – Big Donor Gone Bad? (Bintel Blog)
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