Mozelle Ezra

Mozelle SASSOON
- born 1853
- died 1922
- father Sir Albert Abdullah SASSOON (1818-1896)
- mother Hannah MOSES (1823-?) - married Elias David EZRA (1830-1886) and had children
1) Hannah EZRA (1885-1968) married David GUBBAY
2) Rachel EZRA (1883-?) married Edward EZEKIEL ELLIOTT
3) Luna EZRA (1882-?)
4) Dina EZRA (1880-1968) married Maurice GUBBAY
5) Ezra Edward ESMOND (1873-?) married Valentine Deutch de la MEURTHE
6) Alfred Aaron EZRA (1872-1955) married Muriel SASSOON
7) Sir David EZRA (1871-1947) married Rachel SASSOON
8) Salha EZRA

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http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/baghdadi-jewish-women-in-india

In Calcutta, some women were noted for their philanthropy. Mozelle Ezra (1853–1922), the daughter of Sir Albert Sassoon and the wife of the community leader and philanthropist Elia Ezra, tried to ease the poverty in the Jewish community and donated a great deal of money to the synagogues and schools. In 1887 she established the Ezra Hospital, open to all communities but with special provisions for Jews, in honor of her late husband. She also contributed to support women, children, students and other causes in Jerusalem, as well as to the maintenance of the tomb of Ezra in Iraq. Her son, Sir David Ezra (1871–1947), assumed his father's position in the community and his wife, Lady Rachel Ezra (l877–1952), the daughter of Flora Sassoon of Bombay, continued in the tradition of her mother-in-law. The community matriarch in the first half of the twentieth century, Lady Rachel worked for the cause of social welfare, presiding over several of the community’s institutions as well as wider Bengali ones. In 1947 the British government awarded her the Kaiser-I-Hind Gold Medal. Very supportive of all classes of the Calcutta community, she made up the debt for many activities such as weddings and sports. Her home became a communal center where British and Indian officials met and Jewish activities, such as charitable events, wedding receptions and Zionist youth functions, took place. She and her husband were known for their philanthropy, including their contributions to Zionist funds. During the two world wars she opened her home to allied Jewish servicemen and women stationed in Calcutta. Over one thousand of these served in the city during World War II and some of the men took home Baghdadi war brides. The Ezras also took the lead in welcoming and rehabilitating European Jewish refugees who started arriving in 1939.