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You Donate, They See Salvation

By Gldmeier @gldmeier
"Vaad Harabbonim l'inyanei tzedaka" is one of the most important, and one of the largest, tzedaka organizations in the Haredi community.
They are in serious trouble, and they did it to themselves.
After an audit by the registrar of organizations, a department in the Justice Ministry, they are losing their status of "chapter 46" and might have to disband completely.
You donate, they see salvation
The audit found many many financial irregularities, including money laundering, money collected in campaigns for specific distributions that were then not distributed (at least not for the purpose for which they were collected), money taken by board members, money distributed with no authorization to relatives of board members, illegal salaries taken by board members, "loans" taken by board members with no paperwork and no records of repayment, and the list goes on and on with thousands of examples of problems in the books.
See Kikar's article about the report for some of the details.
Some might say this is all fabricated and they are clearly anti-haredi. I just say be as careful as you can when you give your money to tzedaka. Obviously we cannot possibly know any such thing about any organization, but don't just give because of a slick marketing campaign. Give to organizations you are personally familiar with, give to people you are personally familiar with or causes that you have a connection to. Don't just give to an organization because they put out a glossy pamphlet with pictures, stories of salvation, and promises of blessings.
To paraphrase their catch-line, with the Vaad Harabbonim, you donate, and they see the salvation.
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