The Anglo-Jewish Association (AJA) is a British organisation. It was formed in 1871 for the 'promotion of social, moral, and intellectual progress among the
Jews
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
; and the obtaining of protection for those who may suffer in consequence of being Jews'. Many Anglo-Jewish businessmen, such as
Jacob Behrens
Sir Jacob Behrens (13 November 1806 – 22 April 1889) was an Anglo–German textile merchant. His company, Sir Jacob Behrens & Son Ltd., was established in 1834 and still operates today. Behrens was Jewish and was a prominent member of the Ang ...
, were members.
Former Presidents
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Jacob Waley (1871–1873)
[''Year book of the Anglo-Jewish Association 1951''](_blank)
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Baron Henry de Worms (1873–1886)
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Sir Julian Goldsmid (1886–1895)
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Claude Montefiore
Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore, also Goldsmid–Montefiore or just Goldsmid Montefiore (1858–1938) was the intellectual founder of Anglo- Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a schola ...
(1895–1922)
*O.E. d'Avigdor Goldsmid (
Sir Osmond E. d'Avigdor Goldsmid) (1922–1926)
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Leonard G. Montefiore (1926–1939)
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Leonard Jacques Stein (1939–1949)
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Ewen E.S. Montagu (1949–)
*Victor Lucas
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*Basil Bard (−1983)
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Clemens N. Nathan (1983–1989)
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Frederick Tuckman
Frederick Augustus Tuckman OBE (9 June 1922 – 6 July 2017) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1979 to 1989.
Early life
Friedrich August Tuchmann was born in Magdeburg, ...
(1989–1995)
Other former officers
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David Lindo Alexander
David Lindo Alexander (5 October 1842 in the City of London – 1922) was an English barrister and Jewish community leader.Sharman Kadish‘Alexander, David Lindo (1842–1922)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Pre ...
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Lucien Wolf
Lucien Wolf (1857 in London1930) was an English Jewish journalist, diplomat, historian, and advocate of rights for Jews and other minorities. While Wolf was devoted to minority rights, he opposed Jewish nationalism as expressed in Zionism, which ...
See also
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American Jewish Committee
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Alliance Israélite Universelle
The Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU; he, כל ישראל חברים; ) is a Paris-based international Jewish organization founded in 1860 with the purpose of safeguarding human rights for Jews around the world. It promotes the ideals of Jew ...
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World ORT
ORT (russian: Общество Ремесленного Труда, translit=Obshchestvo Remeslenava Truda, translation=Association for the Promotion of Skilled Trades), also known as the Organisation for Rehabilitation through Training, is a gl ...
References
External links
Anglo-Jewish AssociationAnglo-Jewish Associationat JewishEncyclopedia.com
Archives of the Anglo-Jewish Association, 1871–1983
Jews and Judaism in the United Kingdom
1871 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1871
Jewish organisations based in the United Kingdom
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