THE GENESIS OF ZIONISM

President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews [1835–1838]
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet

born to an Italian-Jewish family
founded the Mishkenot Sha'ananim in 1860 [the first area of Jewish settlement in Jerusalem outside the Old City walls]
his correspondence with the British consul in Damascus, Charles Henry Churchill in 1841–42 is seen as pivotal to the development of Proto-Zionism
Colonel Charles Henry Churchill was a British army officer and diplomat.
He proposed one of the first political plans for Zionism and the creation of an Israeli state in the region of Ottoman Palestine.

"Jewish supporters of Winston Churchill are to unveil a bust of the British wartime leader in Jerusalem this weekend" -- Saturday 03 November 2012 01:01

1812: Montefiore became a freemason, joining the Moira Lodge, No. 92 of the Premier Grand Lodge of England in London
1812: Moses Montefiore married Judith Cohen (1784–1862), daughter of Levy Barent Cohen.
Her sister, Henriette (or Hannah) (1783–1850), married the Jewish Nathan Mayer Rothschild.
He traveled with a ritual slaughterer to ensure that he would have a ready supply of kosher meat
Montefiore is mentioned in Charles Dickens' diaries, in the personal papers of George Eliot, and in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses
1836: he became a governor of Christ's Hospital
1854: his friend Judah Touro, a wealthy American Jew, died having bequeathed money to fund Jewish residential settlement in Palestine
The Jews of Old Yishuv referred to him as "ha-Sar Montefiore" ('The Prince')
Montefiore was renowned for his quick and sharp wit.
At a dinner party he was once seated next to a nobleman who was known to be anti-Jewish.
The nobleman told Montefiore that he had just returned from a trip to Japan, where "they have neither pigs nor Jews."
Montefiore: "In that case, you and I should go there, so it will have a sample of each."

Sure, we like to get dirty.
The Planet we live on, after all, is called "EARTH".
Dirt is earth; Earth is dirt.
We'll leave the white gloves and upturned noses to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOqblSqx_VI