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Samuel Bronfman, CC (February 27, 1889 – July 10, 1971) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Canadian Bronfman family. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited and purchased the Seagram Company , [ 1 ] that became the world’s largest liquor distilling firm.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. People who played important roles in the definition, historical development and growth of the modern Zionist movement: A–B Sarah Aaronsohn (1890–1917), born and died in Ottoman Syria/Ottoman Empire (now Israel), member of the Nili Jewish spy ring (working for the British) Gershon Agron (1890s ...
The Canadian Zionist Federation was founded in 1967 as an umbrella organization whose members included Zionist Organization of Canada, Canadian Hadassah-Wizo, the Labour Zionist Movement of Canada, Mizrachi Hapoel Hamizrachi Organization of Canada, Zionist Revisionist Organization of Canada, Achdut Avoda, and Friends of Pioneering Israel (Mapam).
Of those members, three are Conservative (two Progressive Conservative, one United Conservative) and one is Liberal (one Quebec Liberal). There has never been a Jewish Prime Minister of Canada. Dave Barrett remains the only Jewish Premier (of British Columbia, 1972-1975), although Bob Rae (Premier of Ontario 1990-1995) has very strong family ...
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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Theodor Herzl was the founder of the modern Zionist movement. In his 1896 pamphlet Der Judenstaat, he envisioned the founding of a future independent Jewish state during the 20th century. Part of a series on Jews and Judaism Etymology Who is a Jew? Religion God in Judaism (names) Principles of ...
Mexican President Francisco I. Madero's family was widely thought to have been of Portuguese-Jewish heritage. [78] Nicolás Maduro who has served as the president of Venezuela since 2013 said that his "grandparents were Jewish, from a [Sephardic] Moorish background, and converted to Catholicism in Venezuela". [79]
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