Jan. 29, 2021
Even if you never pay attention to stock market news, you have probably gotten the sense that something unusual is happening right now, and it has to do with something called GameStop.
The video game store sits at the center of a dramatic “short squeeze” that has market watchers wondering whether stock trading could forever be changed. Multiple prominent Jewish money managers are involved in the saga, on both the winning and losing sides. Online antisemites have noticed, seizing the opportunity to connect it all to age-old stereotypes about Jewish manipulation of the financial world.
And like there was in the Bernie Madoff scandal, there’s a connection to the New York Mets.
(JTA) â This year we celebrated Passover early, on a Sunday a few days before St. Patrickâs Day. My adult children will disperse before the official holiday, but with the darkest days of the pandemic behind us, we have much to celebrate.