Simon Sebag Montefiore

By the time he died, he had a sort of several thousand-acre estate, a stately home, a hereditary title. He was friends with the royal family. He was friends with the queen. He was the equivalent of a billionaire. So... Societies are very complex, and life is very nuanced.

By the time he died, he had a sort of several thousand-acre estate, a stately home, a hereditary title. He was friends with the royal family. He was friends with the queen. He was the equivalent of a billionaire. So... Societies are very complex, and life is very nuanced.

And I guess one of the themes of what we're saying is you need to bear many things in your mind at the same time to understand anything interesting in the world. So he arrived there. He married, by chance, he married a girl whose sister married a man called Rothschild. which is always a useful coincidence.

And I guess one of the themes of what we're saying is you need to bear many things in your mind at the same time to understand anything interesting in the world. So he arrived there. He married, by chance, he married a girl whose sister married a man called Rothschild. which is always a useful coincidence.

And I guess one of the themes of what we're saying is you need to bear many things in your mind at the same time to understand anything interesting in the world. So he arrived there. He married, by chance, he married a girl whose sister married a man called Rothschild. which is always a useful coincidence.

And because the Rothschilds were about to become the richest family that the world had ever known, really until modern times. And so when the Rothschilds went up, Montefiore went up with them. They were in business together. They lived together in the same house because the two sisters and their husbands lived together. They traded bullion and they...

And because the Rothschilds were about to become the richest family that the world had ever known, really until modern times. And so when the Rothschilds went up, Montefiore went up with them. They were in business together. They lived together in the same house because the two sisters and their husbands lived together. They traded bullion and they...

And because the Rothschilds were about to become the richest family that the world had ever known, really until modern times. And so when the Rothschilds went up, Montefiore went up with them. They were in business together. They lived together in the same house because the two sisters and their husbands lived together. They traded bullion and they...

But in 1827, Moses Montefiore, he was observant Jew, but he wasn't ultra-Orthodox. But in 1827, he went on this trip to Jerusalem. And Jerusalem at the time... Don't believe the sort of CNN headline of, you know, holy for free peoples, the great city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem then was an abandoned shrine. It was a monumental village in older city walls.

But in 1827, Moses Montefiore, he was observant Jew, but he wasn't ultra-Orthodox. But in 1827, he went on this trip to Jerusalem. And Jerusalem at the time... Don't believe the sort of CNN headline of, you know, holy for free peoples, the great city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem then was an abandoned shrine. It was a monumental village in older city walls.

But in 1827, Moses Montefiore, he was observant Jew, but he wasn't ultra-Orthodox. But in 1827, he went on this trip to Jerusalem. And Jerusalem at the time... Don't believe the sort of CNN headline of, you know, holy for free peoples, the great city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem then was an abandoned shrine. It was a monumental village in older city walls.

By the way, the city walls of Jerusalem are not very old. They were built at the same time as Henry VIII. by Solomon the Magnificent. The walls had been destroyed much earlier during the Crusades. But anyway, the old city of Jerusalem was half empty. There were only about 2,000 people living in Jerusalem at the time. And only a few hundred of them were Jewish.

By the way, the city walls of Jerusalem are not very old. They were built at the same time as Henry VIII. by Solomon the Magnificent. The walls had been destroyed much earlier during the Crusades. But anyway, the old city of Jerusalem was half empty. There were only about 2,000 people living in Jerusalem at the time. And only a few hundred of them were Jewish.

By the way, the city walls of Jerusalem are not very old. They were built at the same time as Henry VIII. by Solomon the Magnificent. The walls had been destroyed much earlier during the Crusades. But anyway, the old city of Jerusalem was half empty. There were only about 2,000 people living in Jerusalem at the time. And only a few hundred of them were Jewish.

And the rest were Christian and Muslim. Most of them were Arab. And he went there. and he saw the poverty of the Jewish community, which was literally almost like beggars. But the Islamic community was also extremely poor, exploited by its rulers, who were mainly former slaves who had become pashas and become powerful Ottoman officials. And he had a religious moment.

And the rest were Christian and Muslim. Most of them were Arab. And he went there. and he saw the poverty of the Jewish community, which was literally almost like beggars. But the Islamic community was also extremely poor, exploited by its rulers, who were mainly former slaves who had become pashas and become powerful Ottoman officials. And he had a religious moment.

And the rest were Christian and Muslim. Most of them were Arab. And he went there. and he saw the poverty of the Jewish community, which was literally almost like beggars. But the Islamic community was also extremely poor, exploited by its rulers, who were mainly former slaves who had become pashas and become powerful Ottoman officials. And he had a religious moment.

Literally, on the road to Jerusalem, he had a Jerusalemite Damascene conversion to the belief that the Jews had a special connection to Jerusalem, which every Jew knew, of course, in a while, but that it could happen, that the Jews could go back to Jerusalem.

Literally, on the road to Jerusalem, he had a Jerusalemite Damascene conversion to the belief that the Jews had a special connection to Jerusalem, which every Jew knew, of course, in a while, but that it could happen, that the Jews could go back to Jerusalem.

Literally, on the road to Jerusalem, he had a Jerusalemite Damascene conversion to the belief that the Jews had a special connection to Jerusalem, which every Jew knew, of course, in a while, but that it could happen, that the Jews could go back to Jerusalem.