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Real Estate Developer & Philanthropist. Spouse. Nadine (Nechama) Wolfson. Children. 10. Parent. Abraham & Rachel Wolfowski. Zev Wolfson (September 27, 1928 – August 13, 2012) was a Jewish businessman and philanthropist, [1] who has been remembered as one of the most important figures in American Orthodoxy over the past century. [1]
Sep 20, 2012 · Zev Wolfson, who changed his name as a young adult after coming to America, was born in Vilna on March 16, 1928. His parents, Abraham and Rachel Wolfowski, named him Wolf.
Aug 19, 2012 · 19. Lawrence, NY – The streets of Back Lawrence have been overflowing as thousands have come to pay tribute to Zev Wolfson, a man who not only literally devoted his life to klal yisroel but insisted on doing it quietly and without fanfare. The steady stream of visitors at the Wolfson home has included Roshei Yeshivos, Chasidishe Rebbes, bank ...
Aug 15, 2012 · NEW YORK (JTA) — Zev Wolfson, a philanthropist who supported Torah institutions worldwide, has died. ... Wolfson was born in Vilna, Poland, in 1928 and immigrated to America at the age of 17 ...
Not so, Zev Wolfson. He was absolutely sui generis. Between the early 1990s and Zev’s petirah in 2012, Keren Wolfson regularly gave away close to fifty million dollars a year in Israel, and sums in the tens of the millions elsewhere around the globe. And even those amounts paled in comparison to the monies he raised from various governments ...
Aug 13, 2012 · Together with all of Klal Yisrael, the Orthodox Union and NCSY, its international youth movement, mourn the passing of Mr. Zev Wolfson, a”h, of Lawrence, NY, at the age of 84. Mr. Wolfson was hailed as one of the greatest baalei tzedakah (philanthropists) of his time.
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Aug 14, 2012 · August 14, 2012 NEW YORK (JTA) — Zev Wolfson, a philanthropist who supported Torah institutions worldwide, has died. Wolfson died Monday in New York following a short illness, according to media reports, and was buried the next day in Israel. He was 84. He helped spread Torah through kollel and outreach programs, with many catering specifically to secular...
