Leon Horodishch
Leon Horodishch (born in Bialystok in 1872 ; died 1940 ) was a Russian-Jewish trader, banker and Zionist .
He initially worked in his father's bank. Later he founded his own bank in Brest-Litovsk . In 1906 he became chairman of a savings and loan society in Brest-Litovsk. Horodishch took part in the first and all subsequent Zionist congresses up to World War I. In 1920 he made Aliyah to Eretz Israel . There he was a manager at the Halva`ah ve-Hissakhon bank in Tel Aviv . He summarized his memories of the first Zionist Congress in his book Sefer ha-Congress .
Individual evidence
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, Volume IV (Her-Int), Thomson Gale, Detroit, 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865937-4 , p. 528. ( Online at encyclopedia.com )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horodishch, Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-Jewish banker, trader and Zionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bialystok |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1940 |