What is Myer S. Kripke?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Myer Samuel Kripke | birth_date = January 21, 1914 | death_date = April 11, 2014 | occupation = [[Rabbi]], [[Scholar]], and [[Philanthropist]] }} '''Myer Samuel Kripke''' (January 21, 1914 &ndash; April 11, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[rabbi]], [[scholar]], and [[philanthropist]]. He was the leader of [[Beth El Synagogue]]. He was also known for investing into [[Warren Buffett]]. Kripke was born in [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], [[Ohio]]. He and his wife, [[Dorothy K. Kripke|Dorothy]], had three children. Their son, [[Saul Kripke|Saul]], is a [[philosopher]] and [[logician]]. Kripke died from [[natural causes]] on April 11, 2014 in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], aged 100.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/13/longtime-neb-rabbi-who-invested-with-buffett-dies/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS|title=Longtime Neb. rabbi who invested with Buffett dies|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|date=April 13, 2014|accessdate=April 17, 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/myer-kripke/ Myer S. Kripke] at ''[[The Washington Times]]'' * [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/us/rabbi-myer-kripke-100-early-buffett-friend-and-investor-dies.html?_r=0 Obituary] at [[The New York Times]] ==Related pages== * [[Yechiel Eckstein|Yechiel Eckstein<br />]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kripke, Myer S.}} [[Category:1914 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:Philanthropists from Ohio]] [[Category:American rabbis]] [[Category:Jewish centenarians]] [[Category:Jewish philanthropists]] [[Category:People from Toledo, Ohio]] [[Category:Writers from Ohio]] {{US-biography-stub}}