tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post1743491580276263438..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: The secret garden of an Egyptian baronUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-39790003836489122802016-05-26T13:15:13.557+01:002016-05-26T13:15:13.557+01:00One small correction. Felix de Menasce was not cr...One small correction. Felix de Menasce was not created a Baron of the Austrian Empire but inherited the title from his father, Behor, who was the son of Yacoub (or Jacob) the first Baron de Menasce. Feix's mother, Simha, was the daughter of Yacoub Cattaoui who, together with Yacoub Menasce, raised most of the money for the Khedive's shares in the Suez Canal project. <br /><br />Yacoub de Menasce was originally called Yacoub Menasce Levy. He was descended from a rabbi in Hevron, whose family had originate din North Africa. Because the Archduke would not countenance a Baron Levy he changed his name from Levy to Menasce.<br /><br />Source: A batons rompu - Jacqueline Carasso, great grand-daughter of Yaooub de Menasce.<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529994824359836491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-66232205497674642902013-11-17T11:02:47.255+00:002013-11-17T11:02:47.255+00:00There were a few lines she wrote about the Ottoman...There were a few lines she wrote about the Ottoman Empire which was condensed into a line I think but overall I think she did well (my mum translated this article)Selinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215629620223943455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-66583487717260273962013-11-17T10:45:35.074+00:002013-11-17T10:45:35.074+00:00Baron de Menasce is well know to us even if we are...Baron de Menasce is well know to us even if we are or were not Alexandrians.<br />sultanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-19645743490880369232013-11-17T09:00:07.805+00:002013-11-17T09:00:07.805+00:00Thanks for the information, Eliyahu and SylviaThanks for the information, Eliyahu and Sylviabataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-90739466597407865142013-11-16T21:22:03.101+00:002013-11-16T21:22:03.101+00:00
Here is the link to the Hebrew article
http://ww...<br />Here is the link to the Hebrew article<br /><br />http://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/study/.premium-1.2157507Sylvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-49687583415140601902013-11-16T21:15:43.735+00:002013-11-16T21:15:43.735+00:00It was an Egyptian Jew [Jack Mosseri?] who built t...It was an Egyptian Jew [Jack Mosseri?] who built the King David Hotel in Jerusalem circa 1930. The hotel was taken over by the British during WW2 and there were a few changes of ownership which I don't recall.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-7100787500036710152013-11-16T20:48:03.106+00:002013-11-16T20:48:03.106+00:00The Ottoman state exiled from Israel about one-thi...The Ottoman state exiled from Israel about one-third of the Jewish population, those who were subjects or citizens of enemy states in WW One, such as Russia, UK or France. Many went to Egypt. <br />Hence, at the end of WW I, Jews were a smaller percentage of the population than at the start of the war. This smaller percentage as of 1918 than as of 1914 is often used by anti-Zionists who thereby distort the history of Israel, showing a smaller commitment of Jews to live there than was true, and also belittling Jewish rights to the country by minimizing the Jewish percentage of the population in the late Ottoman period.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.com