In a case with parallels to the Bernie Madoff scandal, a prominent Florida hedge fund manager has vanished – and so has up to $350 million of his clients’ money. Sarasota police are looking into claims that Arthur Nadel, 76, defrauded investors before leaving a distraught note for his family and disappearing. Cops began investigating on Friday after investors complained that Nadel, president... 

A once-prominent art dealer was arrested on Thursday on an indictment charging that he stole $88 million from investors, collectors and artists who had consigned paintings and sculpture to his Upper East Side gallery, the authorities said. The Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, said the Jewish dealer, Lawrence B. Salander, sometimes sold the same painting to more than one buyer. Aides... 

See the double standard, the disconnect? It is wrong to criticize Jews because they feel offended and they will accuse you of “anti-semitism” for “offending” some 16 million Jews worldwide but what happens if someone “offends” the Christians who are between 1.5 billion and 2.1 billion? Nothing! Anti-Christianity is permitted and it is wrong! A SOUTHAMPTON bus... 

A psychiatrist has given a glimpse into the warped mind of the father who was “born to rape” the daughter he held captive for 24 years. Josef Fritzl, 73, lured teenager Elisabeth into a sound-proofed cellar under their home in Amstetten, Austria, in 1984. Now 42, the daughter has told of how her father repeatedly raped her in the confined, stuffy bunker where she gave birth to seven of... 

Jewish pop star Madonna says she’s considering a brother or sister for son David LILONGWE – Pop star Madonna has said she may adopt another child from the poor southern African country of Malawi despite the controversy surrounding an earlier adoption. Critics accused the government of skirting laws that ban non-residents from adopting children in Malawi, which has been badly hit by the AIDS... 

Kabbalah is a Jewish discipline and school of thought discussing the mystical aspect of Judaism Madonna and rumored boyfriend Jesus Luz take the kids — David Banda, 3, and Lourdes Leon, 12 — for Saturday service at The Kabbalah Center in New York City. Page Six reports that the Material Mom’s ex-husband Guy Ritchie has been referring to Madonna as an “it” since their divorce. In response... 

NEW YORK – Bernard Madoff’s Jewish wife could theoretically claim more than $100 million in assets — and should forfeit it all, according to federal prosecutors. The move by prosecutors seeks the court’s help in recovering $22 million in Madoff properties, all of which are solely in Ruth Madoff’s name except for one $3 million property. It also seeks $62 million in cash and securities...