Tablet Magazine » Generous Jews http://www.tabletmag.com A New Read on Jewish Life Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/41829/generous-jews?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generous-jews&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generous-jews http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/41829/generous-jews#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:00:18 +0000 Marc Tracy http://www.tabletmag.com/?p=41829

A few good billionaires, prodded by their capi di tutti capi Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, have pledged to leave at least half of their estates to charities. Let’s count the Jews!

Number of billionaires (or billionaire couples) who have taken the pledge: 40 (including, among the non-Jews, ultra-Catholic and ultra-conservative Tom Monaghan; Barron Hilton; T. Boone Pickens; and, perhaps out of guilt for The Phantom Menace, George Lucas).

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A few good billionaires, prodded by their capi di tutti capi Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, have pledged to leave at least half of their estates to charities. Let’s count the Jews!

Number of billionaires (or billionaire couples) who have taken the pledge: 40 (including, among the non-Jews, ultra-Catholic and ultra-conservative Tom Monaghan; Barron Hilton; T. Boone Pickens; and, perhaps out of guilt for The Phantom Menace, George Lucas).

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