David F. Kessler

David Francis Kessler, OBE, (6 June 1906 - 24 November 1999) was a British publisher and author. He was the managing director of The Jewish Chronicle.

Early life

David Kessler was born on 6 June 1906 in Pretoria, South Africa.^[1][2][3] His father, Leopold Kessler, was a friend of Theodor Herzl, an early proponent of Zionism, and a shareholder of The Jewish Chronicle.

Kessler was educated at Leighton Park School in Reading before graduating from the University of Cambridge, where he earned a bachelor's degree in law and economics.^[1][2][3]

Career

Kessler began his career by working for

Kessler became the managing director of The Jewish Chronicle in London in 1935.^[1] In 1946, he dismissed the editor, Ivan Greenberg, who was deemed too divisive.^[1] Instead, he appointed John Maurice Shaftesley, who remained in the post until 1958, when he hired William Frankel.^[2]

Kessler wrote two books.

Kessler had a wife, Matilda, a son, and three daughters.[1] They resided in Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, England, where he died on 24 November 1999.^[1][2]

Works

• Kessler, David (1996). The Falashas: A Short History of the Ethiopian Jews. London: Frank Cass.
  OCLC 33078505
  .
• Kessler, David (1996). The Rothschilds and Disraeli in Buckinghamshire. Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, U.K.: Rothschild Waddesdon.
  OCLC 54503723
  .

• Crown, Alan D. (1998). Noblesse Oblige: Essays in Honour of David Kessler OBE. London:
  OCLC 38549790
  .

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