"The Torah's Ethics of the Fathers (1.6) teaches one to keep a distance from an evil neighbor; do not become attached to the wicked. Seems somewhat harsh, but still. Lawrence Summers, however, apparently didn't get the memo. Summers, of course, is the former president of Harvard University, U.S. secretary of the Treasury and director of the National Economic Council, among other extraordinarily important positions. It's hard to find figures in society who have occupied more prestigious roles."
"after Summers surely knew that Epstein had pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting a young women for prostitution for which he was jailed, they continued at least an email relationship. And whether or not it was a friendship Google doesn't provide a more apt word for their relationship Summers actively solicited money from Epstein, as he had before for Harvard University, in order to fund a graduate poetry program"
"Oddly, though, Summers separately also sought romantic advice from Epstein about a woman on the side with whom he was romantically involved, but who seemed to be two-timing him. Parenthetically, you're the former president of Harvard, and Epstein is who you seek romantic advice from? Now that it has hit the fan due to the Epstein-Summers email trove revelation, Summers, shamed, quickly stepped away from his important public positions, whether on his own or by direction."
Ethics of the Fathers counsels distancing from evil neighbors and avoiding attachment to the wicked. Lawrence Summers, a former Harvard president and senior government official, continued contact with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein’s guilty plea in Florida for soliciting a young woman for prostitution. Summers solicited money from Epstein to support a graduate poetry program linked to his wife and sought romantic advice from Epstein about a personal relationship. After email revelations, Summers stepped away from prominent public roles amid public shame. Criticism centered on the failure to cut ties after learning of Epstein’s criminal conduct, including pedophilia.
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