macher

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Initially Madoff would rely on a "macher," the Yiddish term for a big shot, who would go to the country club and "brag, 'I've got my money invested with Madoff and he's doing really well,'" the Journal wrote.

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  • I wish some publishing macher were gushing for my book, and that a recent ask I made for a capital campaign donation for a cause near and dear to my heart wasn't met with a "call me back when the Dow hits 10,000". —  Pink Slip
  • Primed with news articles related to the crisis, including one about Bernard Madoff, the macher who made off with billions from the American Jewish community and admitted to running a —  Articles
  • Jews Non-Jews mensch 93 48 kvetch 92 58 macher 68 9 yofi 22 1 davka 17 1 —  JSpot.org
  • The priest is particularly dimwitted for someone who was sent to Rome to be a big macher in diocesan politics.
  • I don't think I need to explain why this is bad for not just those who lost money but all Jews. three months after Bernard Madoff, a big macher who sat on the board of Yeshiva University, reportedly admitted to running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme-and that followed a collapse of the global financial markets that many, including blame on Jews. —  Articles
 

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