Jewish Las Vegas
Las Vegas entertainment executive Tom Ficara emails:
The battle began in earnest Thursday at 5pm when the Las Vegas Jewish Federation rejected the counter offer of former Head of Womens Philanthropy Charry Kennedy.
Complaints are presently being filed with the EEOC the ADA, and the Nevada Bar Association regarding the behavior of Danny Greenspun, Attorney Leonard Stone, Elliot Karp, and Attorney Kim Wanker. Lawsuits against the Board of Directors of the Las Vegas Jewish Federation, Greenspun personally, Karp personally, Stone personally, and Wanker personally are being prepared.
The television episode Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Jewish Federation of the series Las Vegas Justice Bureau is continuing its investigation, including not only into the issue of Elliot Karp’s past abuse and current abuse, but also the connections of the National Jewish Federation offices and Vicki Agron as to their role in getting Karp this position. It will also investigate the relationship of Karp, Agron, and Agron’s husband, and how that dovetails with the relationship of the three to Danny Greenspun. It will also investigate the possible financial improprieties of the Las Vegas Jewish Federation under the stewardship of Greenspun and now Stone and to unveil if the Jewish Reporter community newspaper was shuttered by Greenspun and Karp for the reasons disclosed of if there was another, hidden agenda that involved Greenspun looking to provide a similar service through his own company instead of through the Jewish Federation. It is also investigating a possible linkage between the Jewish Federation CFO Marjorie Greibel with the reported financial improprieties of the Springs Preserve, how Greibel could serve in both capacities, and what-if any relationship there is between the two organizations as both have a Greenspun involved as well.
On February 22 I will be traveling East in order to interview victims of Karp’s abuse. The trip will take me through Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and then Ohio.
Such testimony, along with the many victims from the Las Vegas Jewish Federation.
It is further noted that we have identified no less than four more people within the Federation who are currently suffering from the same abuse that was leveled against Arthur Bloberger, Mark Levine, Aaron Schoenweiss, and Charry Kennedy. We will also be interviewing the two newest ‘ex employees’ once they are safely out of the offices of the Las Vegas Jewish Federation (they have given their notice but are still on staff).
We will also be charting the ‘Charity Navigator’ rankings of the Las Vegas Jewish Federation over the years that these longtime employees were on board as compared to the Charity Nagigator rankings of the various Federations where Elliot Karp worked.
Tom emails this:
TO: State of Nevada DETR
FROM: Mark N. Levine
RE: Arthur Bloberger’s Appeal of Unemployment Claim Denial
DATE: October 28, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
The following statement is accurate and honest with respect to my knowledge of events related to Arthur Bloberger from the period of March 17, 2009 (when I began working with him) up until his last day of employment with The Jewish Federation of Las Vegas.
By way of background, I interviewed for the position of Director of Communication, Marketing and Public Affairs with the Federation in early March 2009. The initial interview was conducted by the new CEO/President, Elliot Karp.
During the initial interview, one of the questions I raised was how the Federation utilized its widely acclaimed publication, The Jewish Reporter. Mr. Karp totally surprised me with his response that the newspaper was being edited by a goy (a disrespectful term for a non-Jewish person) and that he found this fact distasteful.
Following two additional interviews, a firm offer of employment was tendered to me with an agreed starting date of March 17. Again, Mr. Karp clearly indicated he was unhappy with the fact that the Federation newspaper was being edited by a non-Jew.
Over the succeeding six months that I served the Federation, I personally witnessed more than a dozen instances of Mr. Karp complaining about the fact that Arthur was not Jewish, often distastefully so. In my capacity, I worked closely with Arthur for six months and never saw any evidence that his religion compromised his ability to produce a high quality Jewish newspaper every two weeks, which he did for nearly two and a half years. It should be noted that over the past three decades, I’ve launched and served as editor of some high quality, award-winning publications; I think I can tell a quality, effective publication when I see it, and Arthur’s work was extremely effective and thorough.
As time went on, I witnessed Mr. Karp make similar discriminitory comments about Arthur in front of many others. I also witnessed him directing his anger directly at Arthur. I also heard Mr. Karp make racial comments regarding Blacks (specifically about a Hillel ad in the paper featuring a Black student). He asked me whether Arthur and I had “lost our minds” by putting a (insert the N word here) in a Jewish publication. I informed him the person in question was a Jewish student who happened to be Black. Mr. Karp’s response was that we “better be right.”
There was also an instance where Mr. Karp hatefully put the word “kike” in the mouths of some of the newspaper’s non-Jewish clients, although they never said such a thing.
From my perspective, there was no doubt that Mr. Karp purposely went out of his way to create an impossible workplace environment for Arthur to function by continually pointing out that his not being Jewish was a problem. Mr. Karp told me that Arthur could easily be replaced by a monkey and that the major difference would be that a monkey “would work for bananas.” He wasn’t joking.
I would be more than willing to attest to the above recollection of these events under oath.
Respectfully,
Mark N. Levine