Morris Alexander

Morris Alexander KC (Yiddish; 4 ga Disamba 1877 - 24 ga Janairu 1946) lauya ne kuma ɗan siyasa na Afirka ta Kudu wanda ya kasance babban mutum a cikin Al'ummar Yahudawa ta Cape Town. An fi saninsa da nasarar da ya samu don samun Yiddish a matsayin harshen Turai ta hukumomin mulkin mallaka, yana ba da damar dubban Yahudawa su yi ƙaura zuwa Afirka ta Kudu. Wani fitaccen mai sassaucin ra'ayi, Alexander ya yi aiki a Majalisar Dokokin Afirka ta Kudu daga 1910 har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1946. 

 Tarihin rayuwa 

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Morris Alexander a ranar 4 ga Disamba 1877, a Znin, sannan wani ɓangare na Masarautar Prussia a Daular Jamus. Shi ne babba cikin 'ya'ya bakwai na Ibrahim Alexander da Flora Lewin .  Iyalinsa Yahudawa ne na Jamus; sun koma Afirka ta Kudu a 1881. Ya katse karatunsa na sirri a Cape Town a shekara ta 1891 don tallafa wa iyayensa a Johannesburg, ya fara aiki a matsayin magatakarda na Bankin Kasa sannan kuma a matsayin ma'aikacin sabis na jirgin kasa na Cape Colony. 
 Gudanarwa 
A matsayinsa na saurayi lauya a Cape Town, Alexander ya shiga cikin ɗan jarida Dovid Goldblat a cikin kamfen don sake rarraba Yiddish a matsayin harshen Turai a Afirka ta Kudu.   Dokar 1902 ta buƙaci cewa masu baƙi zuwa Cape suyi gwajin ilimin yaren Turai; ma'aurata "sun yi yaƙi don a ɗauki Yiddish ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan harshe, kuma ta haka ne baƙi Yahudawa za su iya shiga ƙasar". A cikin 1903, Alexander ya jagoranci tawagar shugabannin al'ummar Yahudawa zuwa babban lauyan Cape Colony Thomas Graham, wanda ya yarda da bukatarsu ta amince da Yiddish a matsayin Turai, wanda ya ba da damar dubban Yahudawa su yi ƙaura zuwa Afirka ta Kudu. Wannan ya wakilci sauyawa daga siyasar gargajiya ta Yahudawa, kamar yadda aka haramta Yahudawa su wakilci kansu a matsayin Yahudawa a cikin batutuwan da ba su da alaƙa da addini. Alexander daga baya zai yi la'akari da amincewa da Yiddish a matsayin "mafi mahimmancin nasarorin rayuwarsa ta jama'a".

 Ayyukan siyasa 
An zabi Alexander a Majalisar Birnin Cape Town a 1905, yana aiki har zuwa 1913.  An zabe shi a Majalisar dokokin Cape of Good Hope a Zaben 1908 a matsayin memba na Jam'iyyar Progressive Party, inda ya samu kuri'u 5,027 a mazabar Cape Town. Ya yi aiki a majalisar dokokin Cape har zuwa 1910, lokacin da aka hade shi da sauran majalisun mulkin mallaka bayan kafa Tarayyar Afirka ta Kudu. An zabi Alexander a Majalisar Dattijai ta Afirka ta Kudu a Zaben 1910 na mazabar Cape Town Castle, kuma zai yi aiki a matsayin memba na majalisa har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1946.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1877