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This Day in Jewish History / The Sanhedrin of Paris Convenes at the Behest of Napoleon

The body representing Jews from around the empire met to draft answers to Napoleon's questions about Jewish practice.

Feb 09, 2014 10:00 AM

On February 9, 1807, the newly constituted Sanhedrin of Paris convened, under the authority vested in it by the Emperor Napoleon....

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