A rather puzzling piece of paper came in the mail today:
We do have friends in West Orange, New Jersey, but this is not their synagogue, and we had certainly not paid Senior Single Dues to this organization. So, I picked up the phone, and it turns out that the code on the upper right-hand corner, ROSEHA, is the account for an actual member named Harriet Rosenstein. But neither the synagogue bookkeeper nor I could for the life of us figure out how Barry Rosenstein in the Bronx got into their system.
But I did a little detective work and I think I know how. For some time, we have been aware that there is another Barry Rosenstein who is described on Wikipedia as a hedge fund manager and activist investor, founder of JANA Partners, a hedge fund firm. He, too, has a middle initial of S. So, after getting off the phone I tried to read a little bit more about that Barry Rosenstein and found this:
Barry Rosenstein is the son of Herbert Rosenstein of West Orange, New Jersey, a senior partner in the tax accounting firm of Rosenstein, Schantz & Jacobson, and his wife, Harriet Wolf. [3] He graduated from Lehigh University in 1981.[4] He earned a master in business administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1984.[4][5]
Well, we are not the hedge fund Rosenstein family and our daughter and her family are not the Fifth Avenue Saks family. But I am plenty happy with who we are!
Just one question: can I include that $1,145 among our tax-deductible donations for 2017? I do have paperwork to support it, right? Seriously, though, it is a helpful reminder that we do need to pay attention to this stuff.
Love,
Rebecca
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