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Israeli Billionaire
A
s Sammy Ofer, who died June
2, and they lived in Haifa. During World
3, 2011, at age 89, was buried
War II, he served in the British Navy and
June 5 in Israel, debate swirled
then in the Israeli Navy during the War
about whether the billionaire Israeli
of Independence. He became a shipping
tycoon's shipping company was in viola- agent after the war and bought his first
tion of anti-Iran embargoes or may have ship by 1950.
secretly been aiding Israeli
Ofer's assets combined
intelligence — or both.
with those of his brother Yuli
The stories provided
consisted of one of the largest
a dramatic backdrop to
private shipping companies
the death of Israel's rich-
in the world with a value of
est person, whose wealth
nearly $4 billion. Companies
combined with that of his
in the Ofer Group include
brother was valued at $10
the Israeli shipping company
billion. Ofer's funeral was
ZIM; the cruise line Royal
attended by former Prime
Caribbean International;
Minister Ehud Olmert.
Israel Corp., Israel's largest
Former Knesset Member Sammy Ofe r
holding company; as well as
Shmuel Matto-Sharon said
an Israeli TV channel, a bank,
he was certain the claims
a semiconductor manufac-
against Ofer will be proven false. "I don't
turer and many other companies.
believe he spent one minute acting
Ofer was a philanthropist, art lover
against the state he said.
and collector. His family said he had
Ofer and his family immigrated to
donated more than $100 million to hos-
pre-state Palestine in 1924 when he was
pitals and charities in Israel. I 1
Star Of London Stage
M
iriam Karlin, the actress
leaving her comic mark on scores of
who played Tevye's wife,
comedies, dramas, musical comedies
Golde, in London's first
and revues."
production of Fiddler on the Roof
Karlin, born Miriam Samuelson
died June 3, 2011, at 85.
in London, also was a political
Karlin's other acting credits
activist who spoke on many causes,
included Stanley
including publishing a
Kubrick's violent film
harsh critique of Israel
A Clockwork Orange,
after the 2006 Lebanon
where her character
War.
was murdered in a
As a Jew (now a
home invasion. She was
humanist) who lost
also the first woman to
close relatives in the
play the lead in Harold
Holocaust and one who
Pinter's The Caretaker.
was banned by all Arab
She was awarded an
states in 1967 because
Order of the British
of my known sympathy
Empire in 1975.
Miriam Karl in
and work for Israel ...
The British news-
Has Israel learnt noth-
paper the Telegraph
ing from the abortive
described her acting this way:
Bush/Blair 'war on terror'?" she
"Playing Yiddisher mommas or
wrote.
Jewish satirists, back-chatting cock-
"We all know there would be mas-
neys or brash Americans, Miriam
sive recruitment to al Qaida inspired
Karlin could be tigerish or kittenish,
by that obscene exercise!' I 1
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