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Alfred Dreyfus was not the man you think he was — and the history of Jews in France is a little different too

JL;DR SUMMARY The exhibition "Alfred Dreyfus: Truth and Justice" at the Museum of the Art and History of Judaism in Paris offers a revised narrative of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jewish officer wrongfully convicted of treason in the late 19th century. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryFranceIntellectualsJewish ResistanceDreyfus AffairAlfred DreyfusEmile ZolaMaurice FeuilletMuseum Of The Art And History Of Judaism

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Paris, Île-de-France, France
"Alfred Dreyfus: Truth and Justice features nearly 250 archival documents, photographs, film extracts and some 60 works of art Courtesy of Museum of the Art and History of Judaism"
Grand-Est, France
"Dreyfus, a French Jew from the Alsace region, was found guilty of high treason, a crime he did not commit."
France
"And the exhibition opened after Oct. 7, and after the increase of antisemitic attacks in France and all over the world."
Israel
"When we decided to organize this exhibition, he said, it was before Oct. 7, the day of the Hamas terror attack on Israel."

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