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cuit Court of Appeals from 1913
to 1941. He was active in the
American Jewish Committee,
American Jewish Congress, He-
brew University, Jewish Agency
for Palestine, Palestine Endow-
ment Fund, World Jewish Con-
gress and United Palestine
Appeal.
Ramat Tzvi, a moshav in the
lower Galilee founded in 1942.
The name, "height of Tzvi," com-
memorates Henry (Tzvi) Monsky
(1890-1947). A lawyer from Om-
aha, Neb., he was a li'dong Zion-
ist, active in Jewish affairs on
local, national, religious and sec-
ular levels, including serving as
national president of B'nai B'rith
from 1938-1947.
Q: Is it true that a Jew helped
fund the establishment of the Na-
tional Bank of Egypt?
A: Indeed it is.
Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel
(1852-1921) was born in Ger-
many, then at 16 immigrated to
England. He worked first for a
grain dealer in Liverpool, and lat-
er joined the famed banking firm
of Bischoffsheim and Gold-
schmidt in London.
Cassel was an almost imme-
diate success at Bischoffsheim
and Goldschmidt, and he was
asked to become partner. Instead,
he founded his own internation-
al banking firm, whose projects
included helping fund the first
National Bank of Egypt and fi-
nancing foreign governments, in-
cluding China and Morocco.
A close colleague and friend of
King Edward II, Ck. :;sel made
many donations to secular char-
ities. He married a gentile and
converted to Christianity.

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Q: Are any communities in Israel
named for American Jews?
A: Probably the most famous
is Netanya, one of Israel's ma-
jor cities, located on the coast be-
tween Tel Aviv and Haifa.
Founded in 1929, Netanya is
named for Nathan Straus (1848-
1931), a member of the promi-
nent New York merchant family
(Macy's Department Store, Abra-
ham and Straus Department
Store). Straus had a lifelong in-
terest in public health and con-
tributed generously to provide
pure milk, food and shelter to the
poor of New York.
He gave most of his money,
however, to projects — including
the establishment of numerous
health centers — benefiting the
Jews of Palestine.
Others places named for
American Jews include:
Ein Ha-Shofet, a kibbutz in
northern Israel founded in 1937
by American Jewish immigrants.
The name, "the judge's spring,"
commemorates Louis D. Bran-
deis (1856-1941). A native of
Louisville, Ken., Brandeis built
a successful law practice in
Boston. In 1916, upon President
Wilson's nomination and subse-
quent Senate confirmation, he
became the first Jew to sit on the
U.S. Supreme Court. Brandeis
was a leader of the American
Zionist movement and inspired
modern business methods in
Palestinian Zionism.
Ramat Ha-Shofet, a kibbutz
in northern Israel founded in
1941. The name, "height of the
judge," commemorates Judge Ju-
lian W. Mack (1866-1943). Mack
served as a judge on the U.S. Cir-

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