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'''Maurice Wohl''' (4 January 1917 – 28 June 2007) was a Zionist British businessman and philanthropist.

==Biography==
Maurice Wohl was born in the East End of London to Eastern European parents. At a young age, Wohl became a property developer creating 'United Real Property Trust' in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1557539/Maurice-Wohl.html|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref> He rose to success by innovation in raising modern office buildings in the damaged post-[[World War II]] London and his business also later spread to Australia. By the mid-1970s, he had retired to [[Switzerland]]. Wohl was made [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 1992.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110523172100/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,34007,00.html "Maurice Wohl" Sunday Times 'Rich List' 2004]</ref>

Wohl died on 28 June 2007. He was buried in the [[Sanhedria Cemetery]] in Jerusalem the next day, eulogised by former Chief Rabbi of Israel, [[Yisrael Meir Lau]]. Vivienne, his wife who had also been very active, died on 24 April 2005.<ref>[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 "In Memoriam, Vivienne Wohl" Jerusalem Foundation 25-Dec-06] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108094830/http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 |date=8 November 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.steinsaltz.org/Data/UploadedFiles/Free/British%20Friends%20of%20Rabbi%20Steinsaltz%20December%202005_73.pdf "British Friends of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz" www.steinsaltz.org (Winter Hanukkah 2005)]</ref> The couple had been [[childlessness|childless]].

==Civic and philanthropic activities==
Wohl was president of the [[Great Synagogue (Jerusalem)|Jerusalem Great Synagogue]] in Israel. In honour of his many contributions in Jerusalem, Wohl was given the title "Trustee of Jerusalem" (''Ne-eman Yerushalayim'') by [[Ehud Olmert]] when he was mayor of the city. Wohl also received an honorary doctorate from [[Bar-Ilan University]] in 2001.

Wohl created the

==Resources==
* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/877056.html Ha'aretz obituary]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070826234433/http://www.wohl-center.co.il/index.php The Wohl Centre at Bar-Ilan University] {{in lang|he}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032748/http://www.leumi.org.il/contents_id.asp?class_cat=news&id=5747 National Union Party (Israel)Obituary]
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-:WOHL, MAURICE (4 January 1917–28 June 2007), property developer and philanthropist. London-born, he was educated at the [[City of London School]]. In 1948 he established his own company, [[United Real Property Trust]], and proceeded to acquire prime City and West End office buildings such as Reed House in Piccadilly and State House in High Holborn. Retiring as Company Chairman in 1974, he went on to finance a variety of medical, educational, and cultural causes both personally and through the Charitable Foundation bearing his name. The recipients ranged from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh to the British Museum, and he established the Wohl Virion Centre at UCL. Appointed CBE in 1992, he had homes in London, Geneva, and Tel Aviv, was President of Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue, and was a generous benefactor of Bar-Ilan University as well as of medical facilities in Israel.
+:WOHL, MAURICE (4 January 1917–28 June 2007), property developer and philanthropist. London-born, he was educated at the [[City of London School]]. In 1948 he established his own company, [[United Real Property Trust]], and proceeded to acquire prime City and West End office buildings such as Reed House in Piccadilly and State House in High Holborn. Retiring as Company Chairman in 1974, he went on to finance a variety of medical, educational, and cultural causes both personally and through the Charitable Foundation bearing his name. The recipients ranged from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh to the British Museum, and he established the Wohl Virion Centre at UCL. Appointed CBE in 1992, he had homes in London, Geneva, and Tel Aviv, was President of Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue, and was a generous benefactor of Bar-Ilan University as well as of medical facilities in Israel.<ref>William D. Rubinstein, Michael A. Jolles & Hilary L. Rubinstein ''The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History'', Palgrave, 2011: 1032. </ref>
 ==Civic and philanthropic activities==

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	Wohl died on 28 June 2007. He was buried in the [[Sanhedria Cemetery]] in Jerusalem the next day, eulogised by former Chief Rabbi of Israel, [[Yisrael Meir Lau]]. Vivienne, his wife who had also been very active, died on 24 April 2005.<ref>[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 "In Memoriam, Vivienne Wohl" Jerusalem Foundation 25-Dec-06] https://web.archive.org/web/20071108094830/http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 8 November 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.steinsaltz.org/Data/UploadedFiles/Free/British%20Friends%20of%20Rabbi%20Steinsaltz%20December%202005_73.pdf "British Friends of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz" www.steinsaltz.org (Winter Hanukkah 2005)]</ref> The couple had been childless.		Wohl died on 28 June 2007. He was buried in the [[Sanhedria Cemetery]] in Jerusalem the next day, eulogised by former Chief Rabbi of Israel, [[Yisrael Meir Lau]]. Vivienne, his wife who had also been very active, died on 24 April 2005.<ref>[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 "In Memoriam, Vivienne Wohl" Jerusalem Foundation 25-Dec-06] https://web.archive.org/web/20071108094830/http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 8 November 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.steinsaltz.org/Data/UploadedFiles/Free/British%20Friends%20of%20Rabbi%20Steinsaltz%20December%202005_73.pdf "British Friends of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz" www.steinsaltz.org (Winter Hanukkah 2005)]</ref> The couple had been childless.
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		+	:WOHL, MAURICE (4 January 1917–28 June 2007), property developer and philanthropist. London-born, he was educated at the [[City of London School]]. In 1948 he established his own company, [[United Real Property Trust]], and proceeded to acquire prime City and West End office buildings such as Reed House in Piccadilly and State House in High Holborn. Retiring as Company Chairman in 1974, he went on to finance a variety of medical, educational, and cultural causes both personally and through the Charitable Foundation bearing his name. The recipients ranged from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh to the British Museum, and he established the Wohl Virion Centre at UCL. Appointed CBE in 1992, he had homes in London, Geneva, and Tel Aviv, was President of Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue, and was a generous benefactor of Bar-Ilan University as well as of medical facilities in Israel.

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 Maurice Wohl was born in the East End of London to Eastern European parents. At a young age, Wohl became a property developer creating 'United Real Property Trust' in 1948.<ref>[https://archive.ph/V8n5X Maurice Wohl], ''Daily Telegraph''. 16 July 2007 • 12:01am</ref> He rose to success by innovation in raising modern office buildings in the damaged post-[[World War II]] London and his business also later spread to Australia. By the mid-1970s, he had retired to [[Switzerland]]. Wohl was made [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 1992.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110523172100/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,34007,00.html "Maurice Wohl" Sunday Times 'Rich List' 2004]</ref>
-Wohl died on 28 June 2007. He was buried in the [[Sanhedria Cemetery]] in Jerusalem the next day, eulogised by former Chief Rabbi of Israel, [[Yisrael Meir Lau]]. Vivienne, his wife who had also been very active, died on 24 April 2005.<ref>[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 "In Memoriam, Vivienne Wohl" Jerusalem Foundation 25-Dec-06] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108094830/http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 |date=8 November 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.steinsaltz.org/Data/UploadedFiles/Free/British%20Friends%20of%20Rabbi%20Steinsaltz%20December%202005_73.pdf "British Friends of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz" www.steinsaltz.org (Winter Hanukkah 2005)]</ref> The couple had been [[childlessness|childless]].
+Wohl died on 28 June 2007. He was buried in the [[Sanhedria Cemetery]] in Jerusalem the next day, eulogised by former Chief Rabbi of Israel, [[Yisrael Meir Lau]]. Vivienne, his wife who had also been very active, died on 24 April 2005.<ref>[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 "In Memoriam, Vivienne Wohl" Jerusalem Foundation 25-Dec-06] https://web.archive.org/web/20071108094830/http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 8 November 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.steinsaltz.org/Data/UploadedFiles/Free/British%20Friends%20of%20Rabbi%20Steinsaltz%20December%202005_73.pdf "British Friends of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz" www.steinsaltz.org (Winter Hanukkah 2005)]</ref> The couple had been childless.
 ==Civic and philanthropic activities==

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 Wohl created the [[Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation]] and [[The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation]]
 ==Resources==
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001050416/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/877056.html Ha'aretz obituary]

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 Wohl was president of the [[Great Synagogue (Jerusalem)|Jerusalem Great Synagogue]] in Israel. In honour of his many contributions in Jerusalem, Wohl was given the title "Trustee of Jerusalem" (''Ne-eman Yerushalayim'') by [[Ehud Olmert]] when he was mayor of the city. Wohl also received an honorary doctorate from [[Bar-Ilan University]] in 2001.
-Wohl created the [[Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation]] and the
+Wohl created the [[Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation]] and [[The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation]]
 ==Resources==

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 ==Biography==
-Maurice Wohl was born in the East End of London to Eastern European parents. At a young age, Wohl became a property developer creating 'United Real Property Trust' in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1557539/Maurice-Wohl.html|accessdate=24 November 2016}}</ref> He rose to success by innovation in raising modern office buildings in the damaged post-[[World War II]] London and his business also later spread to Australia. By the mid-1970s, he had retired to [[Switzerland]]. Wohl was made [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 1992.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110523172100/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,34007,00.html "Maurice Wohl" Sunday Times 'Rich List' 2004]</ref>
+Maurice Wohl was born in the East End of London to Eastern European parents. At a young age, Wohl became a property developer creating 'United Real Property Trust' in 1948.<ref>[https://archive.ph/V8n5X Maurice Wohl], ''Daily Telegraph''. 16 July 2007 • 12:01am</ref> He rose to success by innovation in raising modern office buildings in the damaged post-[[World War II]] London and his business also later spread to Australia. By the mid-1970s, he had retired to [[Switzerland]]. Wohl was made [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 1992.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110523172100/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,34007,00.html "Maurice Wohl" Sunday Times 'Rich List' 2004]</ref>
 Wohl died on 28 June 2007. He was buried in the [[Sanhedria Cemetery]] in Jerusalem the next day, eulogised by former Chief Rabbi of Israel, [[Yisrael Meir Lau]]. Vivienne, his wife who had also been very active, died on 24 April 2005.<ref>[http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 "In Memoriam, Vivienne Wohl" Jerusalem Foundation 25-Dec-06] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108094830/http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/english/article.php?id=701 |date=8 November 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.steinsaltz.org/Data/UploadedFiles/Free/British%20Friends%20of%20Rabbi%20Steinsaltz%20December%202005_73.pdf "British Friends of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz" www.steinsaltz.org (Winter Hanukkah 2005)]</ref> The couple had been [[childlessness|childless]].

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 ==Resources==
-* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/877056.html Ha'aretz obituary]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001050416/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/877056.html Ha'aretz obituary]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070826234433/http://www.wohl-center.co.il/index.php The Wohl Centre at Bar-Ilan University]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032748/http://www.leumi.org.il/contents_id.asp?class_cat=news&id=5747 National Union Party (Israel)Obituary]