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Teaching seemed a natural, uncomplicated career choice for Stacey Moskowitz. "I like children," she says. "I enjoy watching them learn the things you need to do to succeed in life." In 1990, in her mid-20s, she began teaching third grade at Community Elementary School 90 in the Bronx, N.Y., where she learned how to succeed on the school's terms. She says the principal's underlings gave her a list of students along with the order "to make sure they passed" standardized reading exams. On the mornings of such exams, she was given...
...MOSKOWITZ'S WORK...
...Some say Moskowitz has bought quite a few politicians in Israel as well. Although a 1994 law prohibits foreign contributions to political parties, big donors can find ways around the restrictions. Moskowitz was a legal contributor to a movement called the Third Way, which subsequently became a political party that is today part of Netanyahu's ruling coalition. The head of the Third Way, Public Security Minister Avigdor Kahalani, was the man Moskowitz negotiated with last week in the East Jerusalem crisis...
...been widely reported that Moskowitz gave money to Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, though Olmert denies receiving so much as "a penny" from Moskowitz. In a rare Israeli newspaper interview in August, Moskowitz confirmed that he had helped Netanyahu financially. "Yes," he said, "not much, and in the framework of the law, from my private funds." His main support, he added, was consultation. "Every time Netanyahu asked for advice, I helped. We are friends...
...Moskowitz's most drastic impact, though, has been in Jerusalem itself. Since the mid-1980s he has used his personal fortune, the size of which is unknown, to buy up Arab-owned properties in East Jerusalem and pay for settlers to live in them. Janet Aviad, a leader of the group Peace Now, says, "Moskowitz is the biggest backer of Jews moving into East Jerusalem." She counts at least 10 buildings he has bought from Arabs there and estimates that he has invested nearly $20 million in the enterprise altogether...