The Jewish Theological Seminary’s William Davidson Graduate School of Education received an unexpected multimillion-dollar cash gift from its namesake. The Detroit-area businessman and Detroit Pistons basketball team owner, who in 1994 put up the $15 million endowment to found the program at the New York-based Conservative seminary, changed an existing $5 million bequest to an immediate gift of $8 million last week.
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