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Article: `Crown Prince Of Philanthropy': Real estate developer Jack Weiler
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- The Jewish Week
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- October 20, 1995
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Gary Lipman, Steve; Rosenblatt
The Jewish Week
10-20-1995
'Crown Prince Of Philanthropy': Real estate developer Jack Weiler. remembered for generous gifts to Jewish causes.
STEVE LIPMAN AND GARY ROSENBLATT
Jack Weiler, the real estate developer known as the "Crown Prince of Philanthropy," was eulogized with words and song last Sunday morning, two days after he died at the age of 91.
Hundreds of New York Jewry's elite who filled The Riverside smiled when granddaughter Barbara Weiler said that if her grandfather had been there, "he would call your card and shame you into giving more," a reference to Weiler's direct style in which he elicited generous gifts for a wide variety of Jewish causes ...