Consistoire Vesoul-Épinal

The Consistoire Vesoul-Épinal , initially based in the French city ​​of Vesoul and from 1896 in Épinal , was newly created in 1872. Like all other regional consistories, it was subject to the Consistoire central israélite , which was created by Napoleon by an imperial decree of March 15, 1808.

After the defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and the loss of Alsace and parts of Lorraine , part of the population, including many Jews, emigrated to France as optants from the newly created empire of Alsace-Lorraine . Therefore, in 1872, new consistories were created in Lille and Vesoul.

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

According to the Calendrier à l'usage des israélites for 1875/76, the Vesoul consistory was responsible for the Jewish communities of the Haute-Marne , Haute-Saône , Territoire de Belfort and Vosges :

• Vesoul Jewish community
• Bourbonne-les-Bains Jewish community
• Belfort Jewish Community
• Bruyères Jewish Community
• Charmes Jewish Community
• Chaumont Jewish Community
• Jewish community of Épinal
• Foussemagne Jewish community
• Gérardmer Jewish Community
• Giromagny Jewish Community
• Gray Jewish Community
• Héricourt Jewish Community
• Joinville Jewish Community
• Lamarche Jewish community
• Lure Jewish Community
• Jewish community of Luxeuil-les-Bains
• Neufchâteau Jewish Community
• Rambervillers Jewish community
• Raon-l'Étape Jewish community
• Remiremont Jewish Community
• Saint-Dié-des Vosges Jewish community
• Saint-Dizier Jewish community
• Senones Jewish Community
• Le Thillot Jewish Community
• Vauviller Jewish Community

literature

• Calendar à l'usage des israélites pour l'année 5636 de la création du monde (1875/76), Paris 1875