The founder of Burton's Menswear (and offshoots such as Topman) were started by Montague Burton who was a committed Leeds Jew. Here are a few short facts about him:
- Born Moshe David Orsinsky, he lived in Lithuania and for many years attended Slobodka
Yeshiva - Arriving in England in 1896 with no English, he very quickly set up his first shop in Chesterfield
- By 1922 he had 40 shops and opened a factory in Hudson Road
- Head of Leeds Zionist Council, president of Leeds Talmud Torah and Judean Club and Life President of Harrogate Synagogue
- Has a Leeds University Halls named after him
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