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Moses Montefiore

A kosher cookbook from 1846, titled titled "The Jewish Manual of Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette," acquired by the National Library of Israel. (Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel)
May 22, 2026, 4:32 pm
National Library acquires world’s earliest known kosher cookbook
The 1846 volume, believed to have been compiled by Lady Judith Montefiore, includes some of the earliest documented cheesecake recipes in Jewish culinary literature
By ToI Staff
The outside of the church that formerly housed Temple Montefiore in Las Vegas, New Mexico. (Courtesy: Las Vegas Jewish Community Inc.)
September 13, 2022, 9:03 am
A tiny New Mexico Jewish community wants its historic synagogue building back
For 65 years, local Jews have had to travel to Santa Fe for regular services. Now, with a crowdfunding effort until the end of September, they hope to repurchase Temple Montefiore
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Shalom Morris at the entrance to Bevis Marks Synagogue in the City of London, October 27, 2021 (DH/Times of Israel)
November 7, 2021, 5:17 am
UK’s oldest continually used synagogue emerges from the shadow of The Gherkin
Nestled beneath the glass and steel high-rises of the City of London, not far from St. Paul’s, Bevis Marks, 300-year-old ‘cathedral of Anglo Jewry,’ prepares to welcome the world
By David Horovitz
Bryan Friedland, an actor on the autism spectrum, found work as a tourist site actor through his participation in 'Tnu L'avod," a reality show (Courtesy Kan 11)
September 3, 2021, 11:01 am
Podcast: Actor on the spectrum seeks job through reality show
Bryan Friedland, a 38-year-old Jerusalemite on the autism spectrum, talks about his experience participating in ‘Tnu L’avod’ on Israeli TV
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A group of tourists with residents of Jerusalem, circa 1860-1880. (Library of Congress)
July 18, 2020, 2:14 pm
Montefiores risked cholera, quarantine for 19th-century Holy Land Jews
Philanthropists Moses and Judith traveled months over land and sea, dodging plague and bandits, while undergoing bouts of forced isolation across Middle East
By Sally Style
The windmill plaza in the Mishkenot Sha’ananim neighborhood of Jerusalem, which was first established in 1860. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 5, 2019, 8:01 am
Tombs, palaces, poverty and plague: Follow Montefiore’s early Holy Land travels
The British-Jewish philanthropist’s 1839 visit to pre-state Israel helped inspire his establishment of Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem’s first modern Jewish neighborhood
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore (photo credit: courtesy)
May 4, 2017, 12:15 pm
Lionsgate TV teams up with Jewish author on Jerusalem
The golden city’s tumultuous history of conquest to be the subject of epic show, based on historian Simon Sebag Montefiore’s bestseller
By Yaakov Schwartz
Members of the Jewish Lads and Girls Brigade at Bevis Marks Synagogue in London's East End. (Blake Ezra)
July 9, 2016, 8:53 am
UK lottery money funds digital memorial to British Jewry’s WWI fallen
Groundbreaking website sheds new light on the 30,000 Jewish casualties of the Great War, and the civilian community that lost them
By Jenni Frazer
Chronicler of British Jewry Beverley-Jane Stewart in her London studio. (courtesy)
October 10, 2015, 4:34 am
British Jewish history, one brush stroke at a time
Starting with her childhood synagogue, artist Beverley-Jane Stewart has chronicled a panoply of British Jewry through her kaleidoscopic paintings
By Jenni Frazer
The lucite towers of Jerusalem, as depicted in this large-model of Jerusalem, maintained by the Jerusalem Center for Planning in Historic Cities in the municipality (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 3, 2014, 5:07 am
New heights for Jerusalem’s skyline
The city that doggedly preserved its views is now giving in to its urban needs
By Jessica Steinberg
Inbal architect Michael Schwartz worked with the stone arches, designing glass panels that created a more dramatic entrance to the hotel (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 21, 2013, 3:37 am
A Jerusalem landmark renovates for a new era
The Inbal Hotel, with an eye on local competition, updates its iconic look
By Jessica Steinberg
Bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore (photo credit: courtesy)
December 3, 2013, 9:15 am
A modern Montefiore takes on Jerusalem
The Cambridge-educated author, a descendant of Sir Moses, speaks about the Holy City that has occupied his family for generations
By Inna Lazareva
Gerd Rothschild mural at HaTahana (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 9, 2013, 10:47 am
HaTahana: ‘The steam engine is coming!’
The first train to Jerusalem was slow — very slow — but today, the original depot has become a junkyard full of history
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
A local urban artist is creating a hand-constructed fence at the Station, made from recycled pieces of wood. (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
April 23, 2013, 2:14 pm
In Jerusalem, the station is a destination even though there’s no train
Capital’s Ottoman-era refurbished railway terminal is set to open at the beginning of May as a meeting place for food and culture
By Jessica Steinberg
The new cupola and blades being lifted to the top of the restored Montefiore windmill (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash 90)
August 31, 2012, 10:10 am
A second wind for Montefiore’s magnificent Jerusalem windmill
After over a century of inaction, the formerly functional landmark — built at an optimal site, above the city’s main water source — is restored to its full, four-bladed glory
By Jessica Steinberg
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