LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Simonas Rozenbaumas (Shimshon Rosenbaum); Visuomenės veikėjai; Politikai; Teisininkai; Sionistai; 19 amžius; 20 amžius; Public figures; Politicians; Lawyers; Zionists; 19th century; 20th century.
ENShimshon Rosenbaum (1859–1934) grew up in a Lithuanian-Jewish community in what is now Belarus. As a lawyer and politician, he campaigned throughout his life for Jewish rights. He worked in Minsk, Vilna, and Kaunas. In independent Lithuania, he served first as deputy foreign minister and then as minister for Jewish affairs. A moderate Zionist, he maintained contacts with Jews around the world and tried to modernise East European Jewry. Disappointed by growing antisemitism in Europe, he immigrated to Palestine in 1924. There, he remained active on behalf of Lithuania as its general consul in Tel Aviv. [From the publication]