Abraham Benisch

Abraham Benisch (Yiddish: אברהם בעניש; 1811 – 31 July 1878, London) was an English Hebraist, editor, and journalist.

He wrote numerous works in the domain of Judaism, Biblical studies, biography, and travel, and during a period of nearly forty years contributed weekly articles to the pages of the Jewish Chronicle.

Together with his close friends and fellow students Albert Löwy and Moritz Steinschneider, he founded in 1838 the proto-Zionist secret society "Die Einheit".

His Hebrew learning and his actively displayed devotion to Judaism secured for him a high reputation among the Jews in England.

[1] He left the copyright of the Jewish Chronicle to the Anglo-Jewish Association, which, shortly after his death, sold it to Israel Davis and Sydney Montagu Samuel.