Who purchased the compound of Abraham’s Vineyard?
Max (Mordechai) Zeligman and Asher Levitzki, two practicing Freemason businessmen, were professional agents of immovable assets that in the early 1930s had negotiated the sale of the 52 dunams called Abraham’s Vineyard. The invaluable site was located in west Jerusalem and surrounded by rapidly developing Jewish neighborhoods such as Mea Shearim (est. 1874), Mahane Yehuda (est. 1887), Rehavia (est. 1924), and Geula (est. 1926). The two entrepreneurs were partners in a law firm operated by offices located both in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. These well-known solicitors found common language with Sir Leon Levison, the President of the International Hebrew Christian Alliance (IHCA), who was also a practicing Freemason in a Scottish lodge.
Most probably the masonic connections played a central role in the relationship between the president of the IHCA and the two “Palestinian” advocates. The latter’s legal advice concerning matters of real-estate could not have been detached from masonic...
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