1844 ⟶ Pastor Crybace's Society for Jewish Restoration
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📜 Judah Alkalai Advocates for Jewish Restoration
Judah Alkalai publishes his pamphlet Darhei No'am (The Pleasant Paths) advocating the restoration of the Jews in the Land of Israel as a precursor to the coming of the Messiah, followed in 1840 by Shalom Yerushalayim (The Peace of Jerusalem).⟶

ZionismEarly ZionismRestorationJudah AlkalaiMessianismLand of IsraelPalestine19th CenturyJewish Nationalism


💰 Nadir Baxter's Bequest for Jewish Restoration
Nadir Baxter, of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, died in 1842 and donated £1,000 in his will, stating that it be paid "towards the political restoration of the Jews to Jerusalem and to their own land; and as I conscientiously believe also that the institution by the Anglican Church of the bishopric of Jerusalem is the actual commencement of the great and merciful work of Jehovah towards Zion". The gift was declared void in 1851 in the case of Habershon v Vardon by Sir James Lewis Knight-Bruce, Chancellor of the High Court, who stated "If it can be understood to mean any thing, it is to create a revolution in the dominions of an ally of her Majesty".⟶

Christian ZionismAnglican ChurchRestorationJerusalemNadir BaxterPalestine19th CenturyTestamentary Bequest


🤝 Pastor Crybace's Society for Jewish Restoration
Pastor T. Tully Crybace convenes a committee in London for the purpose of founding a "British and Foreign Society for Promoting the Restoration of the Jewish Nation to Palestine". He urges that England secure from Turkey Palestine "from the Euphrates to the Nile, and from the Mediterranean to the Desert".⟶
Christian ZionismPastor CrybaceRestorationBritish and Foreign SocietyPalestine19th CenturyEuphrates to NileBritish Interests



💸 Rev. Samuel Bradshaw Calls for Financial Support
Rev. Samuel Bradshaw, in his Tract for the Times, Being a Plea for the Jews calls for Parliament to allot 4 million pounds for the Restoration of Israel, with another 1 million to be collected by the Church.⟶
Christian ZionismRev. Samuel BradshawRestorationFinancial SupportParliamentPalestine19th CenturyFundraising


✍️ George Gawler on Jewish Colonies in Palestine
George Gawler publishes "Tranquilization of Syria and the East: Observations and Practical Suggestions, in Furtherance of the Establishment of Jewish Colonies in Palestine, the Most Sober and Sensible Remedy for the Miseries of Asiatic Turkey."⟶

George GawlerJewish ColoniesPalestineZionism19th CenturySyriaAsiatic Turkey


🧑🌾 Founding of British Society for Jewish Agricultural Labour in the Holy Land
James Finn and his wife found the "British Society for the Promotion of Jewish Agricultural Labour in the Holy Land"⟶

ZionismJewish settlementPalestineAgricultural settlement19th centuryBritish support

