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Daniel S. Zion, (Tsion, Tzion or Ziyon), (דניאל ציון),(Salonika, 3 August 1883 – Jaffa, Israel, 13 November 1979), was an Orthodox rabbi, Kabbalist〔 * Betsalʼel, N. ''Kabbalah and the Holocaust'' (Orot, 2001)〕 and a political activist. He was one of the two senior rabbis of Sofia, Bulgaria during the Second World War. ==The Holocaust in Bulgaria== In May 1943 alongside Chief Rabbi Dr. Asher Hananel (1895–1964) he helped prevent the 800 Jews of Sofia from being deported and handed over to the Nazis to be sent to the extermination camps. He did so by appealing to the Metropolitan bishop of Sofia Metropolitan Stefan the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Sofia.〔http://www1.yadvashem.org/about_yad/press_room/press_releases/bulgarian_clergymen.html〕 Bishop Stefan then appealed to Tsar Boris III. On May 24, 1943, Rabbi Zion addressed a gathering at a synagogue. He then participated in a mass street demonstration against the anti-Jewish Law for protection of the nation.〔http://www.stm.unipi.it/Clioh/tabs/libri/7/11-Genov-Baeva_153-176.pdf?ref=Guzels.TV〕 This law was in effect between 23 January 1941 to 27 November 1944. Bishop Stefan gave him refuge from the Nazis. However on May 26, 1943, he and many demonstrators were arrested by the police. He was then sent to a concentration camp for Jews at Somovit on the bank of the Danube. On September 9, 1944, he was appointed as one of Sofia's senior rabbis. In 1949 Rabbi Zion emigrated to Jaffa, Israel where he lived until his death in 1976 or 1979 as incorrectly noted by some sources. His duties were assumed by Asher Hananel.〔American Jewish Year Book, (1951), (Volume 52), Pg. 361〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Zion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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