Sir Moses Montefiore : A Centennial Biography (Paperback)

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.