Russia In The 1850s Flashcards
Most of the tzars decrees….
Nevertheless….
1) we’re not consistently enforced
2) it had every negative effect on Jewish life
Who is on of the people that tried to help the Jews
Sir Moses Montefiore
Wher was Montefiore born
Into a Sephardic family in London in the late 1700s
As a result of Montefiore connections with…..
Rothschild family - they became really wealthy and retired at the age of 40
How many years did he spent helping Jews
62
He dedicated his life to help people live til
102
What did Montefiore become
The rep of the Jewish people to many governments and world leaders
What did Montefiore remain
An observant Jew his entire life and admired by Jews throughout the world
Although Montefiore had no
Children
Hundreds of Jewish institutions (hospitals,schools,etc) were named after him as a memory
What happened in 1840
A blood libel in Damascus, syria
Who was found murderer?
Who was accused?
Who arrested who? What was done to them
A priest and his servant
Jews
Turkish govt arrested the leaders of the Jewish community
Torched them upon with they “confessed” and imposed a huge fire on the Jewish community
Who protested?
What did Montefiore do?
Jews around the world
He was friendly with the queen of England and protested to het
How did the queen of England respond
Arranged to meet with then the turkish govt and succeeded in getting the pressure of the jews
And all future blood libels were banned in the ottoman empire
What about the French diplomat during the blood libel
Knew it wasn’t the Jews
How did wessrern assimilated Jews react that the French diplomat knew it wasn’t the jews ring the blood libel
Shocked at this revelation
What happened in 1846
Moses went to Russian to try and make life easier there
He traveled in his own carriage with 6 white horses - the way royalty traveled
What did Montefiore bring when he went to russia
A letter for tzar from the queen of england
How did the tzar react
This was the
He was mildly impressed
And he eased up a little on the news
First time Russian govt was made aware that the world cares about how they treat the Jews