Kanye off Forbes’ billionaires list after antisemitism cost him brand deals
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The Schmooze A French-Jewish Billionaire Family Is Leading Fundraising To Rebuild Notre Dame
Editor’s note, April 17, 11:30 [An earlier edition of this article stated that LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault is Jewish. The Arnault family is not Jewish.] Correction appended: Swish your L’Oreal-scented hair and careful not to spill on the Louis Vuitton — you just might have contributed to the fundraising to rebuild Notre Dame cathedral, the…
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Fast Forward Ivanka and Jared Try To Keep Low Profile In Sun Valley
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have made a daring escape. While the first family rides out the media storm following revelations that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian state prosecutor and a former Soviet counterintelligence officer in Trump Tower last summer, Kushner and Trump are attending a lux conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. The…
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Fast Forward Will Hungary Yank ‘Laughing Jew’ Billboards Targeting George Soros?
The head of Hungary’s Jewish federation is calling on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to remove billboards with Jewish billionaire George Soros’ face that have popped up around the country. Andras Heisler, president of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities, noted that anti-Semitic graffiti written on the government-funded billboards “recall Hungary’s dark periods.” “The billboard campaign,…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden Faces Off With Jewish Hedge Fund Billionaire
A Jewish hedge fund billionaire saw Joe Biden’s angry side at a dinner in May, when the former vice president reportedly quipped about punching him in the face following a testy exchange between the two. Ackman and Biden were both present at an exclusive event in Sin City, where Biden was speaking about current events….
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Fast Forward Mark Cuban Watches ‘Law & Order’ And Is Really Into E-Mail
Mark Cuban has a multi-billion dollar business empire that includes the Dallas Mavericks basketball team. And he manages the whole enterprise from his smartphone – shooting off e-mails from his iPhone and Android mobiles. “If I’m laying in bed watching a game, if it’s halftime of a Mav’s game, that’s when I’ll do my emails,”…
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Fast Forward Russian Billionaire Who Kidnapped Dad Ensnared In Israel Corruption Probe
Another Israeli corruption scandal has honed in on another billionaire. According to Haaretz, an inquiry into Interior Minister Arye Deri’s finances by police has led to the questioning of Michael Mirilashvili, a Russian-Israeli billionaire. Mirilashvili funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to Mifalot Simha, a charity suspected to have siphoned off funds to Deri, who…
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