Pam Geller doesn’t suffer for her art. Her N.Y. Times profile noted that she owns a full-floor Eastside Midtown condo (330 East 57th Street). Condos in the same building have gone for nearly $2. 75-million with yearly maintenance fees over $100,000. In addition, she appears to own a second residence in upscale L’Hermitage II in Ft. Lauderdale (3200 North Ocean Blvd.) worthy nearly $1-million. Strangely, she signed over the Florida condo to her ex-husband for only $10 only weeks before he died in 2008. Hard to conceive of any reason why anyone would deed a major piece of property to one’s ex-spouse who was already remarried. Since she continues to produce Vlogs from the Florida residence and the tax bill for the property is still sent to her address, the settlement of Oshry’s estate may have deeded it back to her.
Now, I can understand what David Yerushalmi sees in having Geller as a client, as long as she pays her bills. I presume he isn’t representing her pro bono.
I wonder whether Geert Wilders gets the full Geller treatment when he visits New York–a guest room with sweeping views of the midtown skyline perhaps? That would explain some of the allure she may have for him.
If I were Jay Marcus, president of the most successful U.S. settler fundraising project, the Central Fund of Israel, I’d have Pam in my sights for a large tax-deductible donation. Though it remain to be seen whether Geller has any sense of the Jewish obligation to offer tzedakah to those in need (not that the settlers are). My guess is that a Jewish girl from Hewlett who marries into money tends to see the world as owing her rather than the other way around.
One of the many odd revelations about Geller provided by the Times profile was that after 9/11 she underwent a period of ‘study’ of Islam. Don’t worry. She didn’t trouble her pretty little head with any heavy intellectual lifting or visits to a research library or courses at a university or even reading a historical source.
Who were her teachers? A Muslim? No. Not even the neocon darling, Bernard Lewis. I suppose for the reason that he may use too many multi-syllable words. Who is one of her tutors? Daniel Pipes. I kid you not. And then she adds that she’s broken with Pipes because he actually has the temerity to believe there is such a thing as a moderate Muslim, a possibility Geller denies.
OH NO!!!!!!!! Gellar is alerting everyone in the US they might be eating halal meat that has been offered up to idols!
link to humanevents.com
She broke with Pipes? This is all just to much for me to wrap my brain around.
Yeah, Pipes is too liberal for her. There are actually Muslims he thinks are OK. A hangin’ offense by Geller…
I keep telling myself that crime doesn’t pay.
Perhaps a little OT, but I don’t understand how you can spend 100 grand a year on frigging maintenance of even a full floor, unless you happen to be Louis XIV.
Those are the fees each unit pays for the upkeep of the entire building, not what she’s paying to maintain her own unit. That would be separate.
according to hazal (חז”ל) the most valuable forms of tzedakah is the one that gets no publicity (מתן בסתר)
so if that’s what Pamella geller does, how would you know about it ?
have to tell you, that i had no idea who she is, that she even has a blog prior to reading that on your post – so you are actually doing that women a service. i’m sure she will be very happy to know that, and who knows maybe she would even give you a tzedakah (non published one of course)
I almost spat out my morning coffee this is so preposterous. You think Pam Geller even knows what Hazal is, let alone believes in Rambam’s levels of tzedakah??? Puh-leeze, get real. This woman is a shameless PR chaser. She would sell her grandmother (if she was alive) to get into the headlines. And I’ll bet she doesn’t give a kopek or agora to tzedakah.