Warder Cresson (July 13, 1798 – October 27, 1860), later known as Michael Boaz Israel was an American religious zealot, proto-Zionist and would-be diplomat.
Warder Cresson's journey to Jerusalem, and to Judaism, took a convoluted path. Born in Philadelphia in 1798, Cresson was raised a Quaker.
10/01/2023 · The prominent Quaker opened America's first consul to Jerusalem. After converting and returning home, he was put on trial for insanity.
A proto-Zionist and messianic visionary, Warder Cresson spent the last years of his life in Jerusalem. Cresson's conversion to "ultra-Orthodox" Judaism was ...
25/05/2021 · Warder Cresson was born in 1798 to a Philadelphian Quaker family. Sometime before 1824, he married Elizabeth Townsend and started farming just ...
20/03/2019 · Michael Boaz Israel was a convert to Judaism. He was born in 1798 as Warder Cresson, into a well-established Philadelphia Quaker family.
01/11/2021 · Warder Cresson was born to a prominent Quaker family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 1798. Warder's family members were successful ...
28/06/2021 · Warder Cresson was born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1798. He was raised as a Quaker, married, and became a successful farmer. According to some, ...
That Isaac Leeser influenced Warden Cresson to become a Jew, and Warden Cresson influenced Isaac Leeser to become a Zionist, seem fairly straight-forward ...
16/02/2014 · He was born at Karlsruhe and died in Altona. He studied under Rabbi Abraham Bing in Würzburg, where he also attended the university. Because of ...