From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sigmond (Solomon) Hoffnung – an entrepreneurial merchant of his time

Sigmond was born in 1830 in Kalisz, Poland and was the elder son of Rev Samuel Hoffnung and his mother Caroline. In 1836 the family migrated to England. His father became minister and cantor of the small Jewish community in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and in 1840 moved to the Exeter Synagogue. Sigmond was educated in Liverpool but […]