in his imagination benjamin disraeli viewed england as a new israel, which received a covenant from god to carry out an imperial mission in the world. however, as a member of parliament in the years 1837-1847, he was quite silent on the issue of emancipation of the jews, then twice, in 1850 and 1854 voted against emancipation. however, thanks to his literary work, especially the trilogy coningsby, sybil and tancred, disraeli contributed to the abolition in 1847 of restrictions imposed on british subjects of the mosaic faith, so that they finally gained the right to be elected to parliament in 1858. paradoxically, as a jew converted to christianity the young disraeli in regency england could not have achieved such social advancement of which he dreamed. although he had no legal barriers to stand for parliament, he could not develop his political career without the support of powerful protectors from the english aristocracy. for this purpose, disraeli, as an eccentric dandy and aspiring author of silver fork novels, assiduously courted social contacts in the highest circles of english society, while avoiding association with members of the jewish community. in december 1837, shortly after his election to parliament, disraeli remained curiously silent in the debate whether sir moses montefiore, or another member of the jewish faith could assume the office of sheriff of london. disraeli was also silent about the indictment of several syrian jews in damascus for ritual murder in 1840, although the scandal sparked protests across the jewish diaspora. much later, perhaps due to frequent contacts with lionel de rothschild, disraeli began to defend the rights of jews in england. in his first parliamentary address on the jewish question (december 1847), disraeli supported baron de rothschild when he applied for a seat in parliament. he argued that the jews should have the right to sit in parliament because they are the true creators of the christian religion
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