Judah Benjamin
Whilst thanking you for the honour of inviting me to address the Jewish Historical Society, I confess the difficulty I am faced with in endeavouring to give some account of this extraordinary man’s life and adventures in the time allotted to me. And the best I can do tonight is to indicate some of the salient features in his life in the hope of stimulating further research by those whose interest is aroused. The subject of Judah Benjamin is I think a most happy choice for a lecture before the Jewish Historical Society. Not only because he has created a niche in history, but because it is by virtue of certain qualities and characteristics which are generally attributed to Jews, that he is entitled to that niche. That this fact was recognised by contemporary opinion is indicated by the following passage from his Obituary Notice which filled two columns of
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Rowland H. Landman
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Volume 17
1951
Other articles within the volume
- The Mediaeval Christian Hebraists of England: HERBERT OF BOSHAM AND EARLIER SCHOLARS
- Some New Facts About the Portsmouth Jewish Community
- The Anglo-Jewish Contribution to the Education Movement for Women in the Nineteenth Century
- Baron Paul Julius de Reuter
- Isidor Gerstenberg (1821-1876): Founder of the Council of Foreign Bondholders
- Were There Jews in Roman Britain?
- A Survey of Anglo-Jewry in 1851
- Judah Benjamin
- Anglo-Jewish Notaries and Scriveners
- Solomon Bennett, 1761-1838 Artist, Hebraist and Controversialist
- Samson Gideon: Eighteenth Century Jewish Financier
- The References to England in the Responsa of Rabbi Meir Ben Baruch of Rothenburg, 1215-1293
- The Beginnings of the Jewish Trade Union Movement in England
- A Survey of the Jewish Institutional History of Liverpool and District
- The History of the Jewish Community in Gentile Society
- The Jews of Falmouth—1740-1860
- The Jewish Contribution to the British Textile Industry “BUILDERS OF BRADFORD”
- Leone da Modena and his English Correspondents
- An Anglo-Jewish Family
- Preface
