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About Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, was a British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London. Born to an Italian Sephardic Jewish family based in London, after he achieved success he donated large sums of money to promote industry, business, economic development, education and health among the Jewish community in the Levant. He founded Mishkenot Sha'ananim in 1860, the first Jewish settlement outside the Old City of Jerusalem.
Everything about Moses Montefiore →- Occupation
- journalist, philanthropist, financier, banker
- Position held
- Sheriff of the City of London, High Sheriff of Kent
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1784, November 24, 1784
- Died
- July 28, 1885