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Moses Levy (other)
Moses Levy or Moses Levi, or ''variation'', may refer to: * Moses Levy (Pennsylvanian) (1757–1826), prominent Jew in Colonial America * Moses Elias Levy (1782–1854), Jewish-Moroccan-American businessman and reformer * Moses Levi, Chief Rabbi in Istanbul * Moses Michael Levi Barrow (stagename: Shyne), Belizean politician and musician See also * Moses Levy Building, Greek Revival building in Charleston, South Carolina * Moise Levy (other), an alternate spelling of Moses Levy * Moshe Levy (other), including Moishe Levi; an alternate spelling of Moses Levy * Morris Levy (other) Morris Levy or ''variant'', may refer to: *Morris Levy, an American music industry executive * Morris S. Levy, an American film and television producer See also * Moses Levy (other), a de-anglicized form of Morris Levy * Moshe Levy (di ...
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Moses Levy (Pennsylvanian)
Moses Levy (1757 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMay 9, 1826 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a prominent Jew in Colonial America. Biography Moses Levy was born in 1757 in Philadelphia. His father, Samson Levy, was a signatory of the celebrated resolutions not to import goods from England until the Stamp act had been repealed. Moses was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1772. On March 19, 1778, he was admitted to the bar; from 1802 to 1822 he was recorder of Philadelphia; and from 1822 to 1825, presiding judge of the district court for the city and county of Philadelphia. At one time he was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, and he was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania for twenty-four years. Levy died on May 9, 1826, in Philadelphia. See also *History of the Jews in Colonial America The history of the Jews in Colonial America begins upon their arrival as early as the 1650s. The first Jews who came to the New World were Sephar ...
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Moses Elias Levy
Moses Elias Levy (July 10, 1782 – September 7, 1854; , ) was a Moroccan-born American businessman, planter, and social and religious reformer. Born into an elite Sephardic Jewish family in Morocco, Levy migrated to Gibraltar as a child and later established himself as a merchant-shipper in the Caribbean with extensive business dealings in the slave trade in England, Europe, and the Americas. His son David Levy Yulee represented Florida in the U.S. congress. After amassing a fortune, Levy ended his business career in favor of a life centered on philanthropic causes. In 1821 he immigrated to the Florida Territory in the United States where he established a large agrarian refuge for Jews who were suffering under repression in Europe. Although the number of Jews fell far short of expectations, at least five Jewish families made their way to Levy's Pilgrimage Plantation—located in north central Florida—making this the first agrarian Jewish settlement in the United States (18 ...
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Moses Levi
Moses Levi (or Moshe HaLevi Effendi) (1827–1910) was the Chief Rabbi (Hakham Bashi) of Constantinople and of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ....Harel, Y. (2005). The Importance of the Archive of the Hakham Bashi in Istanbul for the History of Ottoman Jewry. Frontiers of Ottoman Studies: State, Province and the West, 2, 1–64. Levi was first appointed to the rabbinical court at the behest of his father. He later was appointed to the position of chief rabbi following the emigration of Rabbi Yakir Giron. References 1827 births 1910 deaths Chief rabbis of the Ottoman Empire Rabbis from Istanbul {{MEast-rabbi-stub ...
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Moses Michael Levi Barrow
Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; November 8, 1978), best known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean politician and former rapper. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives, and the leader of the Belize United Democratic Party. Barrow was born in Belize City, but moved to New York City as a child and began to rap as an adolescent. He is perhaps best known for his 2000 singles, "Bad Boyz" and "Bonnie & Shyne" (both featuring Barrington Levy). He also wrote and performed on a number of studio albums for other artists, such as The Notorious B.I.G.'s posthumous ''Born Again'', Mase's '' Double Up'', Puff Daddy's ''Forever'', Usher's '' Confessions'', and Lil Wayne's ''Tha Carter IV'', among others. Shyne and his mother lived in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East Flatbush, where after being discovered freestyling in a barbershop, he became a rapper. On the verge of releasing his debut album under Combs' Bad Boy Records, on th ...
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