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Marshall Weinberg, 95: The JTA president who didn’t know what a blog was — but knew right from wrong

JL;DR SUMMARY Marshall Weinberg, a New York philanthropist and stockbroker, served on the Jewish Telegraphic Agency board for about 45 years and was a key figure in its resilience during financial challenges. 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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American Jewish Joint Distribution CommitteeJewish LeadershipPhilanthropyUniversity Of MichiganWarren BuffettEthical LeadershipMarshall WeinbergColumbia Business SchoolBen Graham

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New York, United States
"When several dozen family and friends gathered last month for a memorial service in New York to celebrate the life of Marshall Weinberg a New York stockbroker and philanthropist who shared a mentor and seven-decade friendship with Warren Buffett I knew exactly what story to tell."
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
"During his undergraduate years in Ann Arbor, Marshall developed a lifelong love of philosophy, which he decided to pursue as a graduate student at Harvard."
Israel
"Marshall Weinberg stands outside the Dr Harold and Anna Weinberg Child Development Institution, a JDC project at Sheba Medical Center for the care of Israeli children with disabilities, in Israel in 1974."
Russian Federation
"Masliansky was a teacher, orator, writer and activist, beloved across Europe in the late 1800s and then for four decades in America after being forced to flee the Russian authorities."

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