| (September 12, 1917 – July 29, 2011) |
Early years
Anderson was born on September 12, 1917 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[3] He was the son of a barber.[4] Anderson was the valedictorian of his high school class.[4] Anderson also earned the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America in 1931.[5][6] He attended UCLA from 1936 to 1940, playing on the ice hockey team,[7] and graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in business administration.[8] While at UCLA, he was a member of the fraternity Beta Theta Pi.[9] He then attended Harvard Business School on scholarship, graduating with a MBA after World War II had broken out.[4] While at Harvard, he was a George Fisher Baker Scholar.[10] Anderson entered the military on the staff of an admiral, and passed his CPA exam while in the Navy.[4] Anderson continued his education after the war, earning his JD from Loyola Law School in 1950.[10][11] He graduated first in his class at Loyola, and was offered a full-time teaching position.[4] For the next 25 years, Anderson taught at the law school in mornings and evenings while he worked at his law firm.[4]Family life
In 1942, Anderson married his UCLA sweetheart, Margaret Stewart, and they had five children.[4] Margaret died of cancer in 1965, and he married his current wife Marion in 1967.[4] His daughter Debbie died at the age of seventeen in a car accident in 1969.[4] Anderson's son John, Jr. is an executive vice presidents in Topa Equities, Ltd., his daughter Judith manages the agricultural ranch in Ojai, California. His sons also manage the family's beverage distribution and automotive businesses. He resided in the East Gate Bel Air section of Los Angeles, California.[2][12] Anderson has 15 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.[4] His wife Marion runs the Marion & John E. Anderson Foundation charity.[4]Business life
Anderson was the founding partner of Kindel & Anderson law firm in 1953.[9][11] On April 1, 1956, Anderson founded Ace Beverage Co. with exclusive rights to distribute Budweiser in Los Angeles, California.[2] In 1980, he founded Topa Properties, Ltd., which owns a sizeable amount of property in the US Virgin Islands.[13] His portfolio included 4,000,000 square feet (370,000 m2) of commercial property and 4,500 residential units.[2] He was a chairman of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles, a trustee and former president of Saint John's Hospital and Health Center Foundation and trustee of Claremont McKenna College.[8][10] Anderson was on the Board of Visitors at the Anderson School of Management, which is named after him.[14] Anderson also taught several business courses at UCLA.[8]Philanthropy
Among his charitable endeavors, Anderson and his wife Marion donated more than $50 million for the construction of a new building for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where Marion Anderson is a board member. Beginning in 1987, the Andersons donated $42 million to the University of California, Los Angeles.[15] The UCLA Graduate School of Management was later renamed the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management.Awards
- 1985 — Distinguished Service Award, Loyola Law School[10]
- 1987 — UCLA Graduate School of Management was renamed the John E. Anderson School of Management after he donated $15 million[16]
- 1987 — Southern California Entrepreneur of the Year[10]
- 1988 — Outstanding Individual Philanthropist on National Philanthropy Day[10]
- 1995 — UCLA Alumnus of the Year[10]
- 1995 — UCLA Medal[10]
- 2002 — Master Entrepreneur of the Year[10]
- 2002 — John E. Anderson Distinguished Alumnus Award, UCLA John E. Anderson School of Management[10]
- 2003 — Business Person of the year, Business Hall of Fame[10]
- 2004 — Humanitarian Award, National Conference for Community and Justice[8]
- Unk — Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
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Elazar Abuhatzeira (9 August 1948 – 29
July 2011) was an Orthodox Sefardi
rabbi
and kabbalist, known among his followers as the "Baba Elazar."
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He was born in Rissani,
Morocco
to Meir and Simcha Abuhatzeira, was the grandson of the Baba
Sali, Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, and the brother of Rabbi David Chai Abuhatzeira
of Nahariya.
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Abuhatzeira was known for his work and influence
with business and political leaders, as well as his study of Kabbalah.
Abuhatzeira, who had studied at Porat Yosef Yeshiva, had a
following as a spiritual leader.
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He was one of Israel's leading kabbalists, and
appeared in a list of the country's wealthiest people, with estimated assets of
$80 million in 2011.[1]
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Abuhatzeira was known for wearing a cloak whose
long hood covered most of his face, reportedly so he would not see any
"immodest images of women". He had a tunnel dug between his home in
Beersheba and the yeshiva he headed, where he received believers.[2][3]
Fraud and tax evasion claims
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In 1997, a investigation by the Israeli newspaper
Haaretz led by the journalist Yossi Bar-Moha, linked several incidents of
corruption to Abuhatzeira. The articles further claimed that Abuhatzeira tried
to impress people, persuaded them to pay him in exchange for a blessing, and
threatened them with a curse if necessary. [4]
The 1997 report claimed that Abuhatzeira had sold land designated for a
religious girls school instead of building the school, and was evading property
tax in Beer Sheva.[5]
Bar-Moha discovered that the Rabbi's bank account contained NIS 250 million in
gifts and contributions.[6]
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The articles prompted a police investigation
against Abuhatzeira. In 2003, Abuhatzeira was ordered to pay NIS 100 million to
the Israeli Income tax on money he received from followers, but in the end
reached settlement to pay NIS 20 million to charitable organizations.[7][8]
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By 2004, Bar Moha claimed that the Rabbi's
income had grown to NIS 500 million (USD 141 million in 2004 values), and he
filed a joint petition with the Progressive Judaism Movement to the Israeli Supreme Court,
demanding the tax settlement to be cancelled. The petition has been dismissed. [6]
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In 2009, a man was indicted for threatening to
kill Abuhatzeira, claiming that the rabbi made him a medical promise that
hadn't come true.[1]
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In 2010 Rabbi Abuhatzeira has been accused by
New York Jews of charging hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange promised
miracles that never came to fruition [4]
Yossi Bar Moha, the journalist who investigated the Rabbi in 1997, claimed that
"Elazar Abuhatzeira is a charlatan, con man and impostor who takes
advantage of people's innocence, exploits them and brings to the verge of
poverty". One of the students of the Rabbi defended him, saying that the
Rabbi is humble and modest, and would never do such a thing.[5]
Other disciples acknowledge that the rabbi was wealthy, but insisted he used
his wealth for the poor, citing, for instance, a huge house owned by the rabbi
which included a soup kitchen where hundreds of poor people were fed on a daily
basis.[1]
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Due to investigation by the prosecutor in
Brooklyn, New York, Abuhatzeira stopped traveling to the United States. [1]
Death
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Elazar Abuhatzeira was murdered on 28 July 2011
in his Beersheba
yeshiva, while hosting guests for consultation. According to an initial police
investigation, the rabbi was stabbed in the upper body after receiving the
killer for a private audience. The attacker, 42-year old Asher Dahan of El'ad,
was said to have been unhappy with marital advice the rabbi had given him.
Dahan stabbed Abuhatzeira in the upper body before being subdued by his
students, who handed him over to police. Magen
David Adom personnel attempted to recuscitate him before rushing him
by ambulance to Soroka Medical Center, where
he was pronounced dead on arrival.[3][9]
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Abuhatzeira's funeral was held in Jerusalem
on 29 July, and the rabbi was buried on the Mount
of Olives. The funeral was attended by tens of thousands of people,
including Israel's chief rabbis, haredi ministers, and Knesset
members. Euologies were delivered at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva and the
Jerusalem neighborhood of Geula.[10]
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