Sir Moses Montefiore - A Centennial Biography

Klappentext (LARGE PRINT EDITION) This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks! notations! marginalia and flawed pages. Zusammenfassung First published in 1884! this centennial biography of Sir Moses Montefiore is full of fascinating insights into the situation of British! European and Russian Jews in the nineteenth century. Written by a well-known journalist and campaigner for Jewish rights! it includes a brief history of the Jews in England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Family and early life; 2. Commercial career; 3. First visit to the Holy Land; 4. Early communal labours; 5. The Jews of England (750-1837); 6. Second visit to the Holy Land; 7. The Damascus drama; 8. The mission to Mehemet Ali; 9. Five years of home work; 10. The Jewish question in Russia; 11. Russian persecutions: mission to Czar Nicholas; 12. A busy decade; 13. The Mortara case, etc.; 14. Lady Montefiore; 15. The journey to Morocco; 16. Another busy decade; 17. 'Forty days' sojourn in the Holy Land'; 18. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Lucien Wolf
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108036689
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03668-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Biography: historical, political and military, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities