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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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