Consistoire Bordeaux
The Consistoire Bordeaux , based in the French city of Bordeaux , was created like the Consistoire central israélite and six other regional consistories by Napoleon by an imperial decree of March 15, 1808.
tasks
The consistories, which were given semi-state status, were supposed to regulate the internal affairs of the Jewish religious community based on the Protestant model . The consistory had to administer the cult, to encourage the Jews to exercise useful professions and to nominate the Jewish recruits to the authorities .
At the top of the three-tier hierarchical structure was the Consistoire central israélite (Central Consistory) in Paris , to which the regional consistories (Consistoires régionaux) were subordinate, to which the individual Jewish communities (communautés juives) were subordinate. The consistories had the task of supervising the practice of religion within the state laws and of setting and collecting taxes so that the organs of the Jewish denomination could meet their expenses.
With the law separating church and state , which came into force in 1905 , the period of consistories ended. The Jewish communities now had to constitute themselves as associations and get along without government grants.
Members
Each regional consistory had a chief rabbi and four lay members who were elected by the Jewish notables of the affiliated communities.
Communities
After the Annuaire israélite for 1855/56, the Bordeaux Consistory was responsible for the Jewish communities in the Gironde , Charente , Deux-Sèvres , Haute-Vienne , Lot-et-Garonne , Puy-de-Dôme and Vienne departments. The affiliated Jewish communities had a total of 4,000 members in 1855:
- Bordeaux Jewish community , 3,200 people
- Clermont-Ferrand Jewish community , 120 people
- Libourne Jewish Community , 100 people
After the regional consistories were reorganized in 1872, the consistory of Bordeaux included the following parishes:
- Bordeaux Jewish Community
- Poitiers Jewish Community
- Jewish community of Nantes
- Laval Jewish Community
literature
- Annuaire pour l'an du monde 5616 from 13 septembre 1855 to 29 septembre 1856 à l'usage des israélites , 6th year, Paris (Librairie israélite) 1855
- Calendar à l'usage des israélites pour l'année 5636 de la création du monde (1875/76), Paris 1875