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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
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1841
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Laws are always tainted by the passions and the prejudices of the legislator.
—Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws
In 1807, Mordecai Blum, his wife Rebecca, and his son David were living in a…
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Godchaux Baruch Weil (Ben-Lévi)
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1841
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1844