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| | JewishEncyclopedia.com - LEVY, JUDITH: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | English philanthropist; born in London 1706; died there Jan. 20, 1803; a daughter of Moses Hart, founder of the Great Synagogue, London; married Elias Levy, a wealthy financier and government contractor. |
 | | This lady, who lived to a great age, enjoyed after her husband's death an income of £6,000 a year, and dwelt in great splendor at a house formerly belonging to Heydigger, master of the revels to King George II. |
 | | Judith Levy was a generous benefactress to her coreligionists, and in 1790 contributed £4,000 toward the cost of rebuilding the Great Synagogue. |
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