http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/01/17/from-here-to-affinity/ A multilog with NJJN Editor-in-Chief Andrew Silow-Carroll Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:48:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/01/17/from-here-to-affinity/#comment-55 Mark Berch Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:33:07 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/01/17/from-here-to-affinity/#comment-55 For another example of such an affinity fraud allegation, this time in Baltimore, Orthodox Beth Tfiloh Congregation and its affiliated Day School filed a $25 million lawsuit against local developer Howard S. Brown and two of his business entities. According to the story at http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/beth_tfiloh_suit_seeks_25_million/ , "The suit states that Mr. Brown, a former Beth Tfiloh congregant who held a “position of prominence and trust” there, “engaged in various self-dealing business ventures” at the expense of the Pikesville synagogue." Mark Berch For another example of such an affinity fraud allegation, this time in Baltimore, Orthodox Beth Tfiloh Congregation and its affiliated Day School filed a $25 million lawsuit against local developer Howard S. Brown and two of his business entities. According to the story at http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/beth_tfiloh_suit_seeks_25_million/ , “The suit states that Mr. Brown, a former Beth Tfiloh congregant who held a “position of prominence and trust” there, “engaged in various self-dealing business ventures” at the expense of the Pikesville synagogue.” Mark Berch

]]> http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/01/17/from-here-to-affinity/#comment-48 Derek Fields Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:34:06 +0000 http://njjewishnews.com/justASC/2008/01/17/from-here-to-affinity/#comment-48 I think that many non-Orthodox are so tired of having their religious views vilified by the Orthodox, that there is an unfortunate tendency to gloat when one of the Orthodox seems to display a lack of fidelity to basic moral values. If the non-Orthodox community seems to demonstrate better observance of commonly held ethical standards than the Orthdox community, one has to wonder about the value of the rest of their religious convictions. I think that many non-Orthodox are so tired of having their religious views vilified by the Orthodox, that there is an unfortunate tendency to gloat when one of the Orthodox seems to display a lack of fidelity to basic moral values. If the non-Orthodox community seems to demonstrate better observance of commonly held ethical standards than the Orthdox community, one has to wonder about the value of the rest of their religious convictions.

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