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The Jewish community of Alsace is one of the oldest Jewish community in Europe, dating from the time of Herod, before the Christian era.

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  Synagogue of peace
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  Synagogue of Strasbourg, quai Kléber, inaugurated in 1898, burnt by the nazis in 1940

Origins

The language traditionally spoken by the Jews of Alsace is Judeo-Alsacian, which is a mix of Yiddish, German and French. An interesting presentation of their culture can be found in the museum of Bouxwiller, Bas-Rhin and also in the museum of Strasbourg. In 1898, the Jewish community of Strasburg built a monumental synagogue, quai Kleber, in the neo-clasic German style. It was replaced by the Synagogue of Peace, which was rebuilt after World War II. René Gutman becomes great rabbi of Strasbourg in 1987 after Max Warschawski. On the 22nd of june 2008 , Gilles Bernheim is elected great rabbi of France .

1349

In 1349, jews of alsace are accused for poisonning the wells with Plague (disease). In Benfeld, february 14th, Saint Valentine's day, 16.000 jews are hunted, killed and burnt at the stake in Colmar.

Today

After algerian war, Sephardi Jews come to Strasbourg in 1962 from North Africa. Today 60% of the jewish families are ahkenazi and 40% are sephardi.

Jews from Alsace

Liliane Ackermann , writer Fabrice Barbier, photographer Gilles Bernheim, great-rabbi Hippolyte Bernheim, neurologist Hans Bethe, scientist Marc Bloch, historian Léon Blum, stateman Marcel Dassault, plane seller Michel Debré, Constitution Writer Alfred Dreyfus, captain Emile Durkheim, sociologist Harlem Desir, deputy Josy Eisenberg, rabbi Charles Enderlin, journalist

Rachel Félix, comedian Marc Gilbert, producer René Gutman, rabbi Jules Isaac, historian François Jacob Jean Kahn, leader Zadoc Kahn, rabbi Nathan Katz, theologist Louis-Lucien Klotz Brice Lalonde, deputy Jack Lang , deputy Claude Lévi-Strauss, writer Georges Mandel, politician

Marcel Marceau, mime Marx Brothers, comedians André Maurois, writer Marcel Mauss, sociologist Jean-Pierre Melville, director Jules Moch, politician Isaïe Schwartz, rabbi Laurent Schwartz, scientist Camille Sée, politician André Spire, poet Émile Waldteufel, composer André Weil, mathematician Prosper Weil, lawyer William Wyler, director

Bibliography

• Under the direction of Bernhard Blumenkranz, Histoire des Juifs en France, Privat, Éditeur, Toulouse, 1972. In this article, the references toward this work are identified by the initials HJF followed by the reference in the book.
• David Feuerwerker.L'Emancipation des Juifs en France. De l'Ancien Régime à la fin du Second Empire. Albin Michel: Paris, 1976 (ISBN 2-226-00316-9)

External links

• site du judaïsme d'Alsace et de Lorraine