Episode 149 Victorians and Jerusalem

The British Jewish leader travels to Syria and Jerusalem to rescue Jews falsely accused of a blood libel.

As the first U.S. representative in Jerusalem and a convert to Judaism, Warder Cresson lived a fascinating life.

Moses Montefiore organizes people around the world to fund Jewish activity in the holy land. 

A new neighborhood is built just outside Jerusalem, beginning to fulfill a biblical prophecy.