The Sephardic Jews of Bordeaux
Assimilation and Emancipation in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France

Frances Malino (Author)

9780817350789

Paperback / softback, published 2 December 2003

176 pages
23.8 x 15.4 x 1.3 cm, 0.271 kg

Malino's work is a welcome addition.... [She] describes very clearly the tensions that existed between the Sephardic community of Bordeaux and the Ashkenazic Jews of France [and] clearly depicts their role in the relation of the Jews with Napoleon and the forming of the Grand Sanhedrin. - Choice; ""Malino writes... in such a fashion that the whole transit of Jews to modernity is illumined."" - Christian Century; ""Malino's book is valuable to students of both the early state and Jewish history."" - American Historical Review

Describing the tensions that existed between the Sephardic community of Bordeaux and the Ashkenazic Jews of France, the author also depicts their role in the relation of the Jews with Napoleon and the forming of the Grand Sanhedrin.