The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Big Gifts Go to Charities With Big Ideas -- and Patience

By NICOLE LEWIS

On a visit to Israel two decades ago, Louis Edelstein, a wealthy investor, received a personal tour of a hospital that Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, runs in Jerusalem and an introduction to the charity's medical director. The meetings were arranged by Mr. Edelstein's old college friend Lewis Heicklen. In the...

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