The Quality of Jewish Mercy

Ed note, Ariadna–

“The quality of mercy is not strained;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”
The Merchant of  Venice, Act IV, Scene I

The quality of Jewish mercy (exclusively applied to Jews, in case someone forgot the basic tenets of the Torah and the Talmud) is not unconditional. Empirical evidence indicates that when a Jew in the “diaspora” is in trouble — make that Trouble — the wagons emblazoned with the star of David do not close protectively around him unless two questions are answered satisfactorily:

1. Have you robbed/harmed your own? Bernard Madoff’s answer, sadly for him, was “Yes,” and the mitigating circumstance that he only did it when he had run out of Goyim did not help him.

2. Have you paid your dues to the Tribe? Marc Rich’s answer was a resounding “Yes” (he had generously gifted the state of Israel and contributed to Jewish causes), which helped him a lot when the time came.

How will this play out in the newest case of a Jew in dire need of Jewish mercy, Martin Shkreli, dubbed “the Most Hated Man in America?”

Martin Shkreli, “America’s Most Hated”, “Price Gouging” Biotech Mogul Arrested For Securities Fraud, Released On $5 MM Bond

By Tyler Durden

Shkreli was released on a $5 million bond after a hearing Thursday, and had his travel restricted to parts of New York. It was not immediately clear how he pleaded to the charges.  Evan Greebel, who the SEC said was Shkreli’s lawyer, also faces a count of wire fraud conspiracy. He was arrested Thursday and released on a $1 million bail.
Read more here.
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Here is his biosketch—

Martin Shkreli is a Jewish businessman (he has relatives living in Albania, and is often referred to as an Albanian). Though his Wikipedia page says he is Albanian and Croatian, he was born and raised in Brooklyn, went to Baruch College, worked for uber-Jewish hedge fund manager Jim Cramer in his teens – and had his own hedge fund by the time he was 21. This is not the profile of the “Albanian son of janitorial worker immigrants” he vends to the public. (One unverified source online says his Jewish father’s family was adopted by Shkrelis during WW2 “to escape the Nazis.”) His personality profile fits the Tribe, too: In recent ventures, he was sued – on two different occasions – for financial shenanigans, including using company funds for personal investments, and not having the collateral he claimed when a loan on a bad stock market bet came due. He also stalked a former employee who had “crossed” him and boasted that he would make him and his family “homeless soon.”