Barbara Landow, Jewish Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 90

Barbara Landow, Jewish Philanthropic Leader, Dies at 90

When Barbara Landow’s daughter, Harolyn, once asked why she devoted so much time to Jewish causes instead of to hospitals or international charities, her mother answered without hesitation. “Because if we don’t take care of our own, no one else will,” she said. The remark became a guiding principle for Landow’s decades of leadership in Washington’s Jewish philanthropic community, where she was known for her discipline, grace and commitment to in…