Isador S. Tourover, a retired leader of the building and construction industry who was prominent in Jewish affairs for many years, died here Monday after a long illness at the age of 86. Funeral services were held yesterday.
Tourover was a former national treasurer and honorary vice-president of the Zionist Organization of America and headed the Louis D. Brandels Zionist District and the Seaboard Zionist Region of the ZOA. He served as president and campaign manager of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater Washington. He was a pioneer member and trustee of Congregation Adas Israel.
Tourover was born in Poland and came to the United States in 1912. In 1923 he founded a lumber and construction company which subsequently built buildings for the federal government and private housing. In 1946 he helped finance the purchase of the Chesapeake Bay steamer “President Warfield” which, re-named “Exodus,” attempted to carry Jewish refugees to Palestine through the British blockade.
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