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Jewish Consistoire in France Starts Celebrating Its 150th Anniversary

June 12, 1958
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The Consistoire Central, a body representing the Jewish religious communities of France, has begun today to celebrate its 150th year of existence.

Established by Napoleon, the organization became in 1905 a voluntary group primarily concerned with the election of rabbis in this country. In 1905 the church and state were officially separated in France. The daily Le Monde took the occasion of the Consistoire’s anniversary to publish a lengthy article on Jewish life in France.

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