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Tag: French Revolution

0 History Antisemitism

Candace Owens has gone so conspiratorial, she’s now citing forgotten Jewish heretics

PJ Grisar in Forward · 30 Jul

In a wild conspiracy theory rant, Candace Owens asserts that obscure 18th-century Jewish figure Jacob Frank and his followers, known as Frankists, are behind modern pedophile rings and historical revolutions.

0 Antisemitism Politics

The Jewish Question in French Politics

Jeremy Stern in Tablet · 2 Jun

The text discusses the Jewish question in French politics, focusing on the challenges faced by a French Jewish family in deciding whether to stay in France due to concerns about rising anti-Semitism, particularly from Muslim immigrants and the political rise of right-wing parties like Marine Le Pen's National Rally.

0 History Gender/Identity

Does 'Liberte, Fraternite, Egalite' Include Jews?

Jewish History Nerds · 23 Nov 2022

In a Jewish History Nerds podcast episode, the hosts discuss Napoleon's deliberations on whether Jews could be French citizens during the French Revolution.

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A Tale of Two Exiles

Ethan Katz in Jewish Review of Books · 8 Sep 2021

"A Tale of Two Exiles" by Maurice Samuels tells the story of Simon Deutz, a Jewish man who converted to Catholicism in 19th century France.

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Emancipation Terminable and Interminable

Andrew N. Koss in Jewish Review of Books · 3 Jan 2021

"Emancipation Terminable and Interminable" by David Sorkin explores the history of Jewish emancipation from the 16th to the 20th century.

0 History Literature

A Tale of Two Stories

Allan Arkush in Jewish Review of Books · 7 Jan 2018

"The Story of the Jews, Volume Two: Belonging, 1492-1900" by Simon Schama and "Et Hadashah (A New Age: Eighteenth-Century European Jewry, 1700-1750)" by Shmuel Feiner are two books examined in this discussion.