Monday, February 14, 2011

The Jewish Palate: The Jews of France

Jews have an illustrious history in France. Though the relationship has been far from perfect, France has been one of the few countries in Europe that has tried to treat its Jewish population with tolerance. Despite periods of rampant Anti-Semitism, Jewish life flourished and gave the world a multitude of great French thinkers and Rabbis, including Rashi and Rabenu Tam. Jews first settled in Gaul over 2,000 years ago. The first centers of Jewish population were found in Region of

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