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He sold a house to Justin Bieber. Now this LA investor has given Chabad $100M to build one of the world's largest Jewish centers.

JL;DR SUMMARY Alon Abady, a Los Angeles real estate investor, has made a landmark donation of a $100 million office tower in Pico-Robertson to Chabad of California. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityOrthodox JudaismChabadPhilanthropyJewish LifeLos AngelesPico RobertsonJewish CenterAlon AbadyReal Estate Donation

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"A Los Angeles real estate investor known for selling homes to celebrities has donated a $100 million office tower to Chabad."
Beverly Hills, California, United States
"Abady is best known for high-profile real estate deals in Los Angeles, including the $96 million purchase of the Sofitel Beverly Hills hotel in 2021."
Dnipro, Dnipropetrovshchyna, Ukraine
"It will be smaller than Chabads 538,000-square-foot Menorah Center in Dnipro, Ukraine."

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