List of French Jews

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Jews have lived in France since Roman times, and since the French Revolution (and Emancipation) have contributed to all aspects of French culture and society. A significant number perished in the Holocaust, deported to Nazi death camps by the French Vichy government. After the war, France served as a haven for Jewish refugees, and an influx of immigration (mostly of Sephardi Jews from North Africa) saw the Jewish population triple to around 600,000, making it the largest Jewish community in Western Europe. Behind the United States and Israel, France ranks 3rd by Jewish population.

The following is a list of some prominent Jews and people of Jewish origins (among others) (not all of them practice, or practiced, the Jewish religion) who were born in, or are very strongly associated with, France.

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[edit] Military

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[edit] Politicians

[edit] Rabbis

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  1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "he was of Portuguese Jewish descent"
  2. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed: "He was born in Berlin of Jewish parents. He studied at Bonn and Giessen, but settled in Paris, becoming naturalized there"
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2nd ed., art. "Aftalion, Albert"
  4. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "the only child of prosperous Jewish parents"
  5. ^ "Motion Pictures". Encyclopaedia Judaica. Keter Publishing House. 1971-1972. 
  6. ^ http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Anconina
  7. ^ "Jean-Pierre Aumont ... returned to fight for his country despite the danger to him as a Jew". Jewish Chronicle. 2001-02-16. pp. 31. 
  8. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed., art. "Blowitz, Henri
  9. ^ "A Bag of Marbles" - Joseph Joffo
  10. ^ (Jewish Year Book 2005 p215)
  11. ^ a b Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Lazard"
  12. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "His grandfather Jacob had established the family as one of the first Jewish families to acquire great wealth and social acceptability in Bavaria ... His mother came from an Orthodox Frankfurt family and ensured that the children were properly instructed in Jewish matters ... he moved to Paris ... He was a well-known and ubiquitous member of the smart set in Paris"
  13. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Pereire, Emile and Isaac"
  14. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Chess"
  15. ^ Jewish Chronicle, November 30, 1962 p.1
  16. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Wildenstein"
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