Israel Matz

Israel Matz

Israel Matz (Hebrew:ישראל מץ) was born in Kalvarija, Lithuania in 1869 [Israel Matz, 1948:"My Home Town, Kalvarija (Lithuania)", "LITA Yizkor book, 1951", 1499-1512, translation by Gloria Berkenstat Freund available online [http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/lita/lit1499.html] ] , and died in New York in 1950.

Israel Matz is well known for founding the Ex-Lax company in 1906.

Community activity

Israel Matz Institute for Jewish Law

The Israel Matz Institute for Jewish Law at the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, is located on Mount Scopus, in one of the original buildings of the Hebrew University, built in 1925. [Institute of Jewish Law:"The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law", "Hebrew University of Jerusalem", available online at [http://law.huji.ac.il/eng/merkazim.asp?cat=853&in=533&ini=1] ]

Israel Matz Foundation

The Israel Matz Foundation is a non profit organization located in New York City, USA. The foundation is concerned with aiding indigent Hebrew writers [TaxExemptWorld.com, 2008:"ISRAEL MATZ FOUNDATION", "Tax Exempt/NonProfit Organization Information", available online at [http://www.taxexemptworld.com/organization.asp?tn=135029] ] [The New York Times:"Paid Notice: Deaths ARFA, MILTON", "The New York Times", 15 June 2003]

The Israel Matz Chair of Organic Chemistry

The Israel Matz Chair of Organic Chemistry was established at the Weizmann Institute of Science by the Alice Matz Goodman Endowment Fund, New York, NY, daughter of Israel Matz. [Annual report, 2001:"Historic Records of Major American Contributors", "The Weizmann Institute of Science", available online at [http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/site/annual_report/2001/1.101.8.5.1.6.html] ]

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