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Jewish Mining Exec Donates to Chileans

This story is apparently something people are caring about

by
Marc Tracy
October 13, 2010
They are rescuing miners.(Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)
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.