Baron Maurice De Hirsch: Forgotten Jewish Mega-Philanthropist

ISBN-13: 9786202455565 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str.

Arthur L. Finkle

Opis

Baron Maurice von Hirsch, born in a noble family. Maurice's father was banker to the Bavarian king. For generations, the family occupied a prominent position in the German Jewish community. In 1855, working with the banking house of Bischoffsheim & Goldschmidt, of Brussels, London and Paris, he amassed a large fortune, by purchasing and working railway concessions in Austria, Turkey and the Balkans, and by speculating in sugar and copper. After the death of his only son, Lucien, Baron and Baroness de Hirsch initially devoted his large fortune to helping Russian Jews by raising emigration and to create a 'back to the soil movement' of Jewish Farmers. He dedicated his fortune, worth $2.2 billion in today's money to philanthropy, mostly Jewish. He took a deep interest in the educational work of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, based in Paris.

O autorze

Finkle, Arthur L.Graduate of The Wharton Graduate School and certified as a Court Mediator and Jewish Educator, Arthur L. Finkle is an Advanced Mediation / Arbitration Practitioner. He taught numerous courses at Rutgers University, Rider University, Kean University, SUNY and community colleges. Writer of seventeen books, he penned hundreds of professional articles.