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Baby", and while he never had anything <strong>to</strong> do with Frankism,<br />
radical revolutionaries have utilized his name as a rallying<br />
point because of its radical Frankist connections.<br />
Jonah Wehle's bro<strong>the</strong>r, Aaron Beer Wehle (1750-1825),<br />
was Gottlieb Wehle's fa<strong>the</strong>r, and was also a prominent<br />
Frankist. Aaron's sister Rosel Eiger (died 1831) was a<br />
prophetess in <strong>the</strong> movement. Eva Frank in 1816, shortly<br />
before her death, presented a picture of herself in miniature <strong>to</strong><br />
Aaron, which is presently a part of <strong>the</strong> Schwadron Collection of<br />
portraits and au<strong>to</strong>graphs in <strong>the</strong> Hebrew University Library. 143<br />
Aaron Wehle married Es<strong>the</strong>r (1772-1838), who was his<br />
second wife, and who bore him Gottlieb in 1802. She was <strong>the</strong><br />
daughter of Bermann Simon Frankel Spiro, grandfa<strong>the</strong>r of<br />
Zacharias Frankel. Rabbi Jacob Emden accused Es<strong>the</strong>r's<br />
mo<strong>the</strong>r of Sabbatian leanings. 144 Es<strong>the</strong>r married Aaron Wehle<br />
in 1791.<br />
It is interesting <strong>to</strong> note that Justice Brandeis' wife was also<br />
of Frankist ancestry (a fact which appears <strong>to</strong> have escaped<br />
Gershom Scholem), and this double Frankist association may<br />
well have helped him rise in America's social spheres <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Supreme Court. Brandeis married one of Gottlieb Wehle's<br />
granddaughters, and her sister married Felix Adler, <strong>the</strong> Geiger<br />
Seminary graduate whom we discussed in Part I and who<br />
founded Ethical Culture.<br />
The Asiatic Brethren llluminati lodge <strong>to</strong> which we have<br />
previously referred, founded by Moses (alias Dobrushka)<br />
Schonfeld in 1782, was a meeting ground for many Frankists<br />
in Vienna. The goings-on of this lodge were documented in a<br />
chapter 145 entitled The Order of <strong>the</strong> Asiatic Brethren, which<br />
comprises a comprehensive book, Jews and Freemasons in<br />
Europe 1723-1939 by Jacob Katz.<br />
It should be pointed out that, when attempts were made by<br />
<strong>the</strong> llluminati, Jacobins and Frankists <strong>to</strong> infiltrate <strong>the</strong> Masons,<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir infiltration did not mean that <strong>the</strong>y harbored any particular<br />
love for Freemasonry. On <strong>the</strong> contrary, <strong>the</strong>y hated it with a<br />
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