N.E.B. Ezra

Nissim Elias Benjamin Ezra
N.E.B. Ezra (left) with two associates
Born1883
Lahore, Punjab Province, British India
(present-day Pakistan)
DiedDecember 5, 1936
NationalityBaghdadi Jewish
Other namesN.E.B. Ezra
Occupationpublisher
TitleIsrael's Messenger (editor-in-chief)
Shanghai Zionist Association (founder, 1903)

Nissim Elias Benjamin Ezra (1883–1936),[1] commonly known as N.E.B. Ezra, was a Baghdadi Jewish publisher and Zionist based in Shanghai. He founded the Shanghai Zionist Association in 1903 and its official newspaper, Israel's Messenger, one of China's oldest and most sophisticated Jewish periodicals. He served as editor-in-chief of the newspaper for more than 30 years until his death in 1936. Influenced by Ezra, his nephews started the newspaper Jewish Tribune in Bombay, India.

  1. ^ Cesarani 2014, p. 186.