Harris Salit, who made a fortune in Brooklyn real estate and long a leader in Jewish philanthropies, died late Monday night at his home at 1307 Carroll street, Brooklyn, it was learned yesterday. Heart trouble was the immediate cause of his death. Mr. Salit was 69 years old.
Born in Russia, Mr. Salit made his home in Brooklyn for the past fifty years. Before prohibition he headed one of the largest wholesale liquor firms in the borough.
Among Mr. Salit’s philanthropies were donations of land to the Brooklyn Hebrew Home for the Aged and the Congregation Mount Sinai. To the former he gave the entire cemetery grounds at Springfield Cemetery, Queens. The latter’s temple at 305 State street was purchased with funds realized from the sale of property he donated to the congregation.
PROMINENT IN BORO AFFAIRS
Mr. Salit was a member of the board of directors of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home for the Aged. He was the oldest member of the Mount Sinai Congregation, of which he was formerly president. He was also on the board of directors of the Brooklyn Jewish Center and a life member of Zerezatha Lodge of the Masons.
Mr. Salit is survived by a widow, Mrs. Kate Salit; a daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Lipshutz; two sons, Maurice and Theodore, and three brothers, David, Michael and Mendel Salit.
Funeral services will be held at one o’clock this afternoon at the Congregation Mount Sinai.
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