Jewish Mining Exec Donates to Chileans
This story is apparently something people are caring about
October 13, 2010
They are rescuing miners.(Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)
In my job, you want to hit the Jewish stories, and you want to find the Jewish angles to the big stories. Problem solved! Leonardo Farkas, a Jewish mining executive, has given each of the 33 rescued or soon-to-be-rescued miners $10,000 each. I command you to care about this!
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
