Defender of Jews: Sir Moses Montefiore

Sir Moses Montefiore was probably the most prominent and most impactful Jew in the 19th Century. His legacy lives on in the hundreds of synagogues, schools, Jewish hospitals, nursing homes and cemeteries and other Jewish organizations that bear his name more than a hundred years after his death.

Who was Sir Moses Montefiore? What was his impact? Why was he so venerated by Jews around the world?