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  • Synagogue of the Undead Rabbi

    When I am in Paris, I always stay in Belleville, the 19e or 20e.  I stay in a different part each year and as a result see and learn different things.  This year, I'm near the Pyrénées metro stop, close to Parc de Belleville.  I'm really at the crossroads of the vast variety of cultures…
    June 26, 2019
    Jewish affairs, Paris, Rabbis, Travel, Tunisia
  • The three French women rabbis looking over an old copy of the talmud and pay homage to Rashi

    Rashi’s Daughters, Troyes, France 2019

    If you have looked at a page of the Talmud, you know that Rashi--Rabbi Shlomo Itzchaki--dominates almost every page.  And you may know that he lived, from 1040 to 1105, in the city of Troyes, not too far from Paris.  You may not know, though, that he had three daughters and no sons, that he…
    June 19, 2019
    Feminism, France, Jewish affairs, Rabbis, Rashi, Troyes, Women