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Rohr Family Foundation

The Rohr Family Foundation, led by Mr. Sami Rohr of Miami and his son, Mr. George Rohr of New York, is among the leading builders of Jewish life and communities in the former Soviet Union.

Mr. Sami Rohr was a leading real estate developer in Bogota, Colombia for over 30 years. Mr. George Rohr is general partner of New Century Holdings, presently the largest Western financial investor in the former Soviet Union.

Through his business involvement in the region, Mr. Rohr had the opportunity to see the struggle Jews were waging to re-establish Jewish communal life after decades of oppression, and felt that he and his family had a responsibility to try to help rebuild Jewish life in the region.

In the early 1990's, the Rohrs (whose generosity towards Jewish communal causes worldwide includes support for educational efforts in the U.S. - including an initiative to establish Chabad Houses on college campuses nationwide - South America, eastern and western Europe, and Asia), began supporting Lubavitch rabbis and their families who have settled in and are working in over 100 cites throughout the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe. [more]

 

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