The Indiana Jewish Post & Opinion
August 29, 1990
Volume 56, Number 49
That new figure on the international Jewish scene is Robert Maxwell, British publisher and industrialist, who has stolen the spotlight from the several American Jewish leaders who aspired to that role. His latest “escapade” was to make possible the trip of the 196 Chernobyl Jewish children to Israel for treatment. The details are unimportant, although they show a determination not to be deterred when obstacles arose that forced him to send his private plane to Bucharest to bring pilots to London to fly the children to Israel.
This latest episode follows on his investment in Israel’s largest daily and in two of the successful Israeli high tech firms making their mark on the world market, not to mention his purchase of one of the Israeli soccer teams.