The Ashkenazi Revolution

315Mohilever Samuel Mohilever (1824–1898),also Shmuel Mohilever, was a rabbi, pioneer of Religious Zionism and one ofthe founders of the Hovevei Zion movement.Mordechai Tabib Mordechai Tabib (1910 - 1979, b.Rishon LeZion, Israel) was born into a prominent Yemenite family. His olderbrother was the leader of the Yemenite community in the Land of Israel.Tabib worked in agriculture, industry, building, and also served as a guard.(http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=266)Moses MontefioreSir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1stBaronet, Kt (October 24,1784 - July 28,1885) was one of the mostfamous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore wasa financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London. He donated large sums ofmoney to promote industry, education and health amongst the Jewishcommunity in Palestine, including the founding of Mishkenot Sha'ananim in1860, the first settlement of the New Settlement. As President of the Board ofDeputies of British Jews, his correspondence with the British consul inDamascus Charles Henry Churchill in 1841-42 is seen as pivotal to thedevelopment of Proto-Zionism.Moshe Shamir Moshe Shamir (September 15,1921 – August 20, 2004) was an Israeli author, playwright, opinion writer, andpublic figure.Moshe SharettMoshe Sharett (born MosheShertok (October 15,1894 - July 7,1965) was the second Prime Minister ofIsrael (1953–55), serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.Moshe SmilanskyMoshe Smilansky was born in Kievprovince in Russian Ukraine to a family of farmers. He emigrated toPalestine in 1891 and helped to found the Hadera settlement, farming invarious places before settling in Rehovot in 1893. There he spent theremainder of his life as a citrus plantation owner, writer, and agriculturalleader (heading the Histadrut ha-Ikarim, or Farmers' Association). A discipleof Ahad Ha-Am, he took issue with Theodor Herzl's political Zionism andsought coexistence with Arabs throughout his career, gaining prominenceamong the binationalists after the 1936 Arab uprising.