Moses Montefiore
British financier and Jewish activist (1784-1885) · Investors · Died at 100
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, was a British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London.
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Portrait of Montefiore made after he was made an honorary British Army colonel in 1846
Collotype of Moses Montefiore, c. 1885-1900, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
Montefiore synagogue and tomb of Montefiore in Ramsgate, England
Montefiore on his 100th birthday
Montefiore Windmill in Mishkenot Sha'ananim
Seal of the "Kerem Moshe Montefiore and Yehudit" Society in Jerusalem ("Vineyard of Moses and Judith Montefiore" Society in Jerusalem); inscribed in Hebrew and German
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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.