Consistoire Marseille

The Consistoire Marseille (Consistoire israélite de Marseille; CIM), based in the southern French city of Marseille , like the Consistoire central israélite and twelve other regional consistories, was created 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 elected by the Jewish notables of the affiliated communities.

Communities

After the Annuaire israélite for 1855/56, the Marseille consistory was responsible for the Jewish communities of the Bouches-du-Rhône , Vaucluse , Gard , Hérault , Isère , Rhône , Var , Basses-Alpes , Hautes-Alpes , Ardèche , Drôme , Loire , Haute-Loire , Lozère and responsible for the Corsica region. The affiliated Jewish communities had approximately 4,600 members in 1855:

• Jewish community of Marseille , 1,500 people
• Aix-en-Provence Jewish community , 153 people
• Avignon Jewish community , 180 people
• Carpentras Jewish community , 280 people
• Jewish community of Lyon , 1,200 people (from 1857 at Consistoire Lyon )
• Montpellier Jewish community , 120 people
• Jewish community of Nîmes , 460 people
• Orange Jewish community , 180 people
• Jewish community of Pont-Saint-Esprit , 70 people
• Jewish community of Saint-Étienne , 120 people
• Jewish community Salon-de-Provence , 110 people

After the reorganization of the regional consistories in 1872, the following parishes belonged to the Marseille consistory:

• Jewish community of Marseille
• Aix-en Provence Jewish community
• Allais Jewish Community
• Arles Jewish Community
• Avignon Jewish Community
• Cavaillon Jewish community
• Carpentras Jewish Community
• Jewish community of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
• Montpellier Jewish Community
• Nice Jewish Community
• Jewish community of Nîmes
• Orange Jewish Community
• Jewish community of Pont-Saint-Esprit
• Saint-Rémy Jewish community
• Salon-de-Provence Jewish community
• Jewish community of Sète
• Tarascon Jewish Community
• Toulon 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

Web links

• Consistoire israélite de Marseille (official website in French)