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The following is a list of trips for politicians lobbyists and staffers funded by Jack Abramoff. 1980s 1981 - Elected Chairman of the College Republican National Committee in a campaign managed by Grover Norquist, the executive director of the Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized See Yeshiva and Bais Yaakov about strictly Orthodox (mostly Haredi) Jewish schools See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Its name comes from Ish Shekol Bo Hebrew for "well-rounded man" and Eshkol Hebrew for cluster of grapes. In 2002 Eshkol Academy opened at a Christian community center facility in Montgomery County; in 2003 it moved to an office park in Columbia, Maryland. 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The school was founded by Jack Abramoff and funded through his Capital Athletic Foundation. Jack Abramoff (born February 28 1959 is a former Lobbyist, and a businessman who was a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. The Capital Athletic Foundation is a 501(c(3 charity organization founded in 2000 He sent two of his three sons to the school. In all, about $5 million of Capital Athletic Foundation's money was directed to the Eshkol Academy operations. The dean was Rabbi David Lapin, brother of Toward Tradition's Rabbi Daniel Lapin. David Lapin was born in South Africa to a Jewish family of Lithuanian descent. Toward Tradition is a politically conservative non-profit organization founded by Rabbi Daniel Lapin based in Mercer Island Washington, United States Daniel Lapin (born c 1950 is a political commentator and American Orthodox Rabbi living on Mercer Island Washington, and the founder of
According to emails revealed during the US Senate hearings into the Abramoff-Reed Indian Gambling Scandal, David Lapin was paid $20,000 a month, through Abramoff's Capital Athletic Foundation. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal is a United States political scandal relating to the work performed by political lobbyists Jack Abramoff, The Capital Athletic Foundation is a 501(c(3 charity organization founded in 2000 Tax records show that Lapin received a total of $60,529 in 2002. The Eshkol Academy closed in 2004 after questions were raised in the press about Abramoff's financial dealings with Indian tribes.
The filings of the Capital Athletic Foundation show that Eshkol Academy received the lion's share of its contributions: at least $50,000 in 2001, $1,857,704 in 2002, and $2,366,512 in 2003. In addition, CAF purchased for the school's use a van ($26,060), thermal imager ($18,057), and Torah ($17,000). Eshkol purchases included two Zamboni HDs, for a planned but never purchased hockey rink for the school. An ice resurfacer is a truck-like vehicle used to clean and smooth the surface of an Ice rink, originally developed by Frank J
Furthermore Abramoff established the organization Beis Avrohom Chaim as, according to the 2003 CAF tax return, "a religious organization" that "provides religious services for the congregation and housing for the Eshkol Academy student athletes. " In fact, a number of students were housed there. It received $251,242 in 2003 from CAF and purchased a house near to Abramoff's Silver Spring residence to house students from outside the area. Silver Spring is an urbanized Unincorporated area in Montgomery County Maryland, USA It was occupied by students and the school's athletic director/dorm counselor. Beis Avrohom Chaim was incorporated in June 2003 under Maryland law as a religious corporation. The trustees were Jack Abramoff and his wife; Shana Tesler, a former "Team Abramoff" Greenberg Traurig employee; and her husband Samuel Hook. "Team Abramoff" is the team of lobbyists assembled by Jack Abramoff when he worked at Greenberg Traurig, primarily of former aides to prominent Congressional Samuel Hook is a lawyer and was an associate of Greenberg Traurig.
In 2004, thirteen former Eshkol employees sued the Academy, demanding nearly $150,000 in back salary. The teachers' complaint claims that the Capital Athletic Foundation "was used to launder funds from the tribes to Eshkol. "
External links
- How lobbyist's troubles felled Columbia school, Baltimore Sun, May 2005
- Foundation's Funds Diverted From Mission, Washington Post, Sept 2004
- Eshkol Academy Home Page via archive. org, from July 18, 2004
- http://www.forward.com/campaignconfidential/archives/002395.php
- Capital Athletic Foundation 990 forms
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