Mendel Kaplan (philanthropist)
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Mendel Kaplan (1936–2009) was a South African Jewish industrialist, philanthropist and community activist.[1]
Mendel Kaplan was born in South Africa. After graduating from Wynberg Boys' High, he received a degree in law from the University of Cape Town in 1958 and an MBA from Columbia University in 1960.[2]
Kaplan was the honorary president of Keren Hayesod and a former chairman of the Jewish Agency's Board of Governors. He financed numerous philanthropic projects in South Africa, Israel and Jewish communities around the world.[3] In 1980, he founded the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Cape Town. In 2000, he established the South African Jewish Museum.[4]
Kaplan was an Israeli citizen and owned two homes in Israel.[5]
He was a keen rugby union fan, and helped set up the South African Jewish Museum.[6]
Kaplan died of a stroke on November 19, 2009.
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