Haham Moses Gaster

Haham Moses Gaster

Haham, scholar and folklorist · 1856–1939

Led a Sephardic community · EstablishedThe Modern Era

Romanian-born scholar who served as Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain from 1887. A great scholar of folklore and manuscripts, he was an early leader of British Zionism.

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