16 Facts About Lucien Wolf

Lucien Wolf was an English Jewish journalist, diplomat, historian, and advocate of rights for Jews and other minorities.

Lucien Wolf's father was a Bohemian Jew who came to England as a political refugee after the 1848 revolution, and his mother was Viennese.

Lucien Wolf began his career in journalism as early as 1874, at the age of seventeen, becoming a writer for the Jewish World and remaining at this position until 1894; from 1905 to 1908 he would serve as its editor.

Lucien Wolf specialized in foreign affairs and diplomacy and became a highly respected expert on the subject.

Lucien Wolf became a sharp critic of the Czarist regime and attempted to draw attention to the plight of Russian Jews.

In 1912 Lucien Wolf founded and wrote a supplement named Darkest Russia to the Jewish Chronicle.

Lucien Wolf was an enthusiast for Jewish history, and promoting Jewishness.

In 1893, Lucien Wolf was one of the founders and the first president of the Jewish Historical Society of England.

Lucien Wolf vigorously opposed the new Zionist movement, that had been formed in Manchester.

Lucien Wolf understood Nahum Sokolow and Chaim Weizmann's position as threatening the nationality status of British Jews, and wrote "No wonder that all anti-semites are enthusiastic Zionists".

In 1888, Lucien Wolf became a member of the Conjoint Foreign Committee, a coordinating organ of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Anglo-Jewish Association.

Lucien Wolf served effectively as "Foreign Secretary" representing Anglo-Jewry, having frequent meetings with members of the Cabinet.

Lucien Wolf became again its secretary and held this function until his death in 1930.

Lucien Wolf was part of the Anglo-Jewish delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

Lucien Wolf helped draft the Minority Treaties, which guaranteed rights for ethnic, religious, and linguistic minority populations.

Lucien Wolf continued to write extensively and in an outspoken manner against Zionist proponents, which he believed was leading to conflict and crises.