The Ministry of Culture announced Wednesday that a National Museum of Jewish Arts will open here next year to trace the role of Jews in French history and culture. It will include a collection of rare 17th Century altar cloths, prayer books, candelabra and other ritual objects donated to the nation in 1901 by Adolphe de Rothschild.
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