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Sixty years ago, Jacob, who was known in his quarter as Old Jacob, was living in the rue de la Mortellerie. He ran a successful business selling old clothes, scrap metal and even, on occasion, old…
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Godchaux Baruch Weil (Ben-Lévi)
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1841
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Brazilian, I’m rich, I’ve got dough
There’s plenty of gold in my sack
Paree, here I am, I’ve come back
And richer than ever before!
Two times was I here in the past
My suitcases bulging with gold
A…
Contributor:
Jacques Offenbach
Places:
Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1866
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Iehudah Machabeu
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La Rochelle, Kingdom of France
(La Rochelle, France)
Date:
1655
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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1841
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1844
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This synagogue, located in Carpentras, in Provence, was built in 1367 but went through serious repairs and was remodeled between 1741 and 1744 by a local civil engineer Antoine D’Allemand, in the…
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Carpentras, Kingdom of France
(Carpentras, France)
Date:
1741–1744
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Let us chant, my brothers,
this dirge together,
for God severed our hands
by this disaster.
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Anonymous
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
ca. 1827
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Among the diverse races of Algeria, the Jewish population merits special attention.
At first glance, one sees a mass of people who comprise approximately one-fifth of the total civilian population…
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Jacques-Isaac Altaras and Joseph Cohen
Places:
Marseille, Kingdom of France
(Marseille, France)
Date:
1842
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Jacques Offenbach
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1867
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We the undersigned have agreed that, seeing the difficulty that there is to collect what every particular member of our Nation must…
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The Portuguese Jewish Community of Bordeaux
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Bordeaux, Kingdom of France
(Bordeaux, France)
Date:
1730–1744