Albert Antebi at a Red Crescent Fundraiser during World War I

Photographer Unknown

1917

Photograph of women and men in fez hats sitting and standing at a long set table. — Albert Antebi (1873–1919), the subject of this photograph, was an educator, philanthropist, and diplomat in Ottoman Palestine. Born in Damascus to a rabbinical Jewish family, he became a prominent communal leader in Jerusalem, serving as the head of the Alliance Israélite Universelle school and as the representative of the Jewish Colonization Association there. He was a bridge between Zionist leaders, Ottoman authorities, the Sephardic elite, and the local Arab community. As was often the case with other members of the Sephardic elite, his activity in facilitating the purchase of land from Arabs for Zionist settlement projects went hand in hand with his loyalty to the Ottoman Empire. He is seen here (standing, first from right) at a Red Crescent fundraiser in Jerusalem during World War I.

Credits

LC-M32-50172-x, G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.

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