Maxine Schwartz Presented by The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
I can take no credit whatsoever for becoming one of the earliest Lions of Judah. In the dark days of the Yom Kippur War, my husband, Kenneth Schwartz, OBM, was summoned to a leadership meeting at the Federation. There he learned about the Lion, which was then less than one year old. He made his own gift and also pledged $5,000 in my name. Then he came home and told me I was a Lion. As Leo is my birth sign, I told him I already knew that. Obviously, I had a
lot to learn. Over the ensuing 47 years I have been privileged to make a gift of my own of at least $5,000. I have also learned more about the Jewish people in general and this Jewish community in particular than I can describe on this page. That may be the most rewarding gift of all. When the Lion of Judah Endowment was first introduced in 1994, I thought it was a magnificent idea and supported it wholeheartedly, but did not imagine that I could be part of it. I did not feel that I could take $100,000 out of our estate to
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