ERLANGER, MICHEL

ERLANGER, MICHEL (1828–1892), French communal worker. Son of the rabbi in Wissenbourg, Alsace, he had a traditional Jewish education. Erlanger was among the founders of the Alliance Israélite Universelle and a member of its   central committee. He helped charles netter to establish the mikveh israel agricultural school, and accompanied Baron edmond de rothschild 's representative, albert cohn , on his visits to Ereẓ Israel. Erlanger advised Rothschild on his philanthropic activities and acted as his liaison with the hibbat zion movement and colonists in Ereẓ Israel. He was vice president of the Jewish consistoire in Paris, a member of the board, and treasurer of the Société des Etudes Juives. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: A. Druyanow (ed.), Ketavim le-Toledot Ḥibbat-Ẓiyyon, 3 vols. (1919–32), index; Bulletin de l'Alliance Israélite Universelle, 5:17 (1892), 10–15. (Yehuda Slutsky)