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Hey, they're not even Jewish?
Did anyone know about this? Half a century before Herzl?
Before you lose your minds, no, not either of our Presidents, obviously, but a distant ancestor and their namesake. And no, not Sir Winston, but an ancestor of his as well. I found this amazing considering what we know today of the Bush family and of Churchill's relationship with both the zionists and the nazis.
Okay, sit back, relax and enjoy. And meet your real fathers of zionism.
George Bush (12 June 1796, Norwich, Vermont – 19 September 1859, Rochester, New York) was an American biblical scholar, pastor, abolitionist, academic and advocate for the restoration of the Jews to the Holy Land. He is distantly related to the Bush political family.[1]
George Bush (biblical scholar) - Wikipedia
Around 1830 this guy starts writing books about Islam that today would be considered disgusting (maybe not here). He sounds like some of the zionists on this board, pure hatred. He then writes in 1844, The Valley of Vision; or, The Dry Bones of Israel Revived. In it he denounced “the thralldom and oppression which has so long ground them (the Jews) to the dust,” and called for “elevating” the Jews “to a rank of honorable repute among the nations of the earth” by re-creating the Jewish State in the land of Israel.
This, according to Bush, would benefit not only the Jews, but all of mankind, forming a “link of communication” between humanity and God. “It will blaze in notoriety...". “It will flash a splendid demonstration upon all kindreds and tongues of the truth.”
George Bush, Biblical & Jewish Scholar
Although considered radical for those days, “The Valley of Vision” sold more than a million copies- an unheard amount for the era before the American Civil War, and it turned Professor Bush into a national voice calling for the restoration of the Jewish people to their historic homeland. His writing had a profound impact in shaping their views of the Jews and their homeland, including men of influence like Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt.
Professor George Bush (1796-1859) - FOZ Museum
Okay, that was pretty interesting, yes? Great, now stay with me here.
Colonel Charles Henry Churchill (1807–1869), also known as "Churchill Bey",[1][2][3] was a British army officer and diplomat. He was a British consul in Ottoman Syria, and he created the first political plan for Zionism and the creation of the state of Israel in the region of Ottoman Palestine.[4][5]
The proposal correspondence with Sir Moses Montefiore, the President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, in which Churchill proposed a strategy for the creating of a Jewish state, pre-dating formal Zionism by approximately half a century.
Charles Henry Churchill - Wikipedia
His letter to Moses and the Board of Deputies of British Jews that was written, 14 June 1841, and more the formal proposal dated, 15 August 1842, can both be read at the above link.
I am such a history nerd, who knew?
Did anyone know about this? Half a century before Herzl?
Before you lose your minds, no, not either of our Presidents, obviously, but a distant ancestor and their namesake. And no, not Sir Winston, but an ancestor of his as well. I found this amazing considering what we know today of the Bush family and of Churchill's relationship with both the zionists and the nazis.
Okay, sit back, relax and enjoy. And meet your real fathers of zionism.
George Bush (12 June 1796, Norwich, Vermont – 19 September 1859, Rochester, New York) was an American biblical scholar, pastor, abolitionist, academic and advocate for the restoration of the Jews to the Holy Land. He is distantly related to the Bush political family.[1]
George Bush (biblical scholar) - Wikipedia
Around 1830 this guy starts writing books about Islam that today would be considered disgusting (maybe not here). He sounds like some of the zionists on this board, pure hatred. He then writes in 1844, The Valley of Vision; or, The Dry Bones of Israel Revived. In it he denounced “the thralldom and oppression which has so long ground them (the Jews) to the dust,” and called for “elevating” the Jews “to a rank of honorable repute among the nations of the earth” by re-creating the Jewish State in the land of Israel.
This, according to Bush, would benefit not only the Jews, but all of mankind, forming a “link of communication” between humanity and God. “It will blaze in notoriety...". “It will flash a splendid demonstration upon all kindreds and tongues of the truth.”
George Bush, Biblical & Jewish Scholar
Although considered radical for those days, “The Valley of Vision” sold more than a million copies- an unheard amount for the era before the American Civil War, and it turned Professor Bush into a national voice calling for the restoration of the Jewish people to their historic homeland. His writing had a profound impact in shaping their views of the Jews and their homeland, including men of influence like Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt.
Professor George Bush (1796-1859) - FOZ Museum
Okay, that was pretty interesting, yes? Great, now stay with me here.
Colonel Charles Henry Churchill (1807–1869), also known as "Churchill Bey",[1][2][3] was a British army officer and diplomat. He was a British consul in Ottoman Syria, and he created the first political plan for Zionism and the creation of the state of Israel in the region of Ottoman Palestine.[4][5]
The proposal correspondence with Sir Moses Montefiore, the President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, in which Churchill proposed a strategy for the creating of a Jewish state, pre-dating formal Zionism by approximately half a century.
Charles Henry Churchill - Wikipedia
His letter to Moses and the Board of Deputies of British Jews that was written, 14 June 1841, and more the formal proposal dated, 15 August 1842, can both be read at the above link.
I am such a history nerd, who knew?