Background
Gaster, Moses was born in 1856 in Bucharest. Son of Chevalier A. E. Gaster and Phina Judith Rubinstein.
Gaster, Moses was born in 1856 in Bucharest. Son of Chevalier A. E. Gaster and Phina Judith Rubinstein.
Studied at Bucharest University. Bachelier £s lettres et sciences, 1873. Doctor of Philosophy Leipzig, 1877.
Rabbinical Diploma Theological Seminary, Breslau, 1881.
Lecturer of Rumanian language and literature, University, Bucharest, 1881-1885. Exiled from Rumania for agitating on behalf of persecuted Jews. Ilchcster Lecturer twice at Oxford on Slavonic and Byzantine literature, 1886 and 1891.
Appointed Chief Rabbi (Haham) of the Sephardic Communities of England, 1887. Principal of the lato Montefiore College, Ramsgate, 1890-1896. Three times Vice-President Zionist Congress, Basel and Loudon, 1S9S-1900.
Vice-President Anglo-Jewish Association. President Folklore Society of England. English Zionist Federation.
Jewish Historical Society of England. Member of the Council Royal Asiatic Society, Society of Biblical Archaeology, Folklore Society, and Anglo - Jewish Association. Holder of Rumanian Order “Bene merenti,” 1st class, for literary achievements.