On the afternoon of April 5, four New York real estate dignitaries rose from their pews at Temple Emanu - El — the mammoth
synagogue built on the site of William Astor's Fifth Avenue mansion — to eulogize the late 102 - year - old developer Leonard Litwin.
«What he said last night, and reaffirmed today, is that If a church, a
synagogue or a Hindu temple can be
built on a
site, you simply can not deny that right to those who want to
build a mosque.»