On 9 Dec 2006 04:27:14 -0800, "patriot" <xgarievas@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

GOD BLESS HIM!

***** HIM!

Heinrich wrote:

The world's wealthiest Jew, Sheldon Adelson, has decided to donate half a
billion US dollars to the Jewish people. He is expected to announce the
largest donation ever given to the Jewish people in the coming days.
The donation was kept a secret until now and only a few of Adelson's
associates knew about it. It is still unclear how exactly it will given, but
it appears that it will be transferred through the Adelson Fund, established
by the billionaire, to Jews worldwide and not only to the State of Israel .
Yedioth Ahronoth has also learned that half of the sum will be allocated to
purchasing medications and providing medical assistance to the needy and to
Jewish patients across the world. The second half will apparently be
earmarked for preserving the Jewish heritage.
Adelson is the third richest man in the world after Microsoft founder Bill
Gates and investor Warren Buffett. According to a Forbes magazine
estimation, his fortune is worth USD 20.5 billion.

Adelson, 73, the son of a taxi driver and a work weary owner of knitting
supplies store, grew up in Boston. When he was young he sold newspapers in
street corners.

In 1979 he established the Comdex computer trade show, which he sold in 1995
for the enormous sum of USD 860 million.
Today, Adelson is the owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the world's
largest hotel, gaming and resort development company.
Adelson built the prestigious Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, which is
considered the second most profitable hotel in the gambling city. The hotel,
which has canals in which one can sail in gondolas like in Venice, was the
billionaire's gift to his wife.
Adelson is now building a huge casino project in the Macau Island in China,
which includes 14 hotels. According to different publications, the
initiative is expected to gain incomes of USD 16 billion from the sale of
commercial and residence areas and a profit of up to USD 5 billion.

Adelson is considered one of the biggest donators to the Jewish Federation
in Las Vegas and to Chabad. He has close ties with the State of Israel and
is a close friend of Opposition Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu. He recently
acquired 50 percent of the shares of an Israeli newspaper.
Adelson's wife Miriam, whom he married in 1991, runs the Clinic for Drug
Abuse at the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, which was built from funds
donated by the couple.
Adelson's spokesman in Israel refused to respond to the report.