Eric Goldstein’s selection as head of the largest Jewish philanthropy in the world surprised some, but early returns indicate he’s the man for the job
Eric Goldstein started his life as a Wall Street lawyer, but found himself more moved by helping people than personal gain. His surprise selection as the head of the largest Jewish philanthropy in the world surprised a few, but early returns indicate he’s the man for the job. For the chareidi community, he might just be the leader who ushers Flatbush and Boro Park through Federation’s doors
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n a Manhattan brownstone just east of Riverside Park, there is a charming little shtiebel where my father is rav, the kind of place with an old-fashioned kiddush and banter as well-worn as the tiles. When the skilled baal korei, an accountant named Pinky, is away for Shabbos, he makes it his responsibility to find a substitute. Pinky tells me about a local teenager he calls upon.
“He’s a great kid, always happy to help — and he can really lein!”
When Adin Goldstein reads from the Torah, his parents come to the shtiebel too, his mother listening proudly from behind the heavy drapes that separate the ezras nashim from the main shul. And his father?
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