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Let there be no misunder-
standing. Greed, avarice,
mendacity, are not tempta-
tions affecting Jews alone.
Furthermore, the issue we
are dealing with about
politics and Wall Street are
not restricted to millionaires
and billionaires. It concerns
the struggles we all face rais-
ing our children in a society
that is so relentlessly seduced
by material things. The
malaise runs deeper than the
patent condemnation of over-
reaching, sharp practices and
greed. It involves Jewish
character and the steward-
ship of our estate.
Consider the Bar/Bat Mitz-
vah as a metaphor for the
dilemmas spawned by wealth.
Last year the New York
Times covered a Jewish event
in several columns. It had
nothing to do with financial
corruption or political scan-
dal. A real estate tycoon, a
member of New York's Ortho-
dox Park East Synagogue,
hired the QE II, the Queen
Elizabeth, for an overnight
cruise with 600 guests to
celebrate his son Jason's Bar
Mitzvah. The Times reported
it as the first floating Bar
Mitzvah. The spokesman for
the Cunard Lines itemized
the expenses, which added up
to a half-million dollars.
It began Sunday at 4:00
p.m. dockside with a string
quartet, and helicopters
touching down on the sports
deck of the boat to drop off
latecomers. The ship sailed 46
miles into the Atlantic with
guests who stayed in 300
choice cabins. It had every-
thing, a crew of 1,000, a
Golden Door spa, beauty
parlor and massage service,
movie theatre, sports facili-
ties and the Peter Duchin
orchestra.
The Times reporter in-
cluded in the piece a conver-
sation aboard the boat be-
tween a child of 10 who asked
his father if he could have a
Bar Mitzvah like Jason's. His
father said, "well, we'll see?'
All the meals served aboard
the QE 2 were strictly kosher,
including the fillet of beef
Wellington with truffle sauce.
The menu, a mouth-watering
cuisine, was detailed in the
Times. The rabbi from the
Park East Synagogue was
present to officiate at morn-
ing services with Tallit and
Tallit, 'Millin, kashrut and
all — yet it felt wrong. But
what was wrong here? Papa
earned it. He worked for
every penny. Nothing was
stolen and he could well af-
ford it. Why then the discom-
fort, or did embarrassment
conceal a basket of sour
grapes? Why did I hear the
echo of my father's voice Es
it doesn't fit, it
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