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Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim

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31: 153:. He was a contractor to the army, and employed his wealth and his influence with the French government in promoting the material and spiritual welfare of his coreligionists. The government permitted him to settle at Strasburg, in opposition to the wishes of the authorities of that city, who zealously enforced the law excluding Jews. 231: 160:
the patent granting him the rights of citizenship "for services rendered by him to the government and to the land during the famine of 1770 and 1771," Cerfbeer established factories, where he employed Jews, in order to withdraw them from petty trading, and also to deprive their accusers of all excuse
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The Strasburg Germans, who made every effort to prevent the Jews from settling in that city, compelled Cerfbeer to endeavor to obtain from the government the repeal of exceptional laws. A petition to the king was drawn up by Cerfbeer and sent to
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of a commission to make suggestions for the amelioration of the condition of the Jews in France. Cerfbeer was the leading member of this commission; and the first result of its efforts was the abrogation of the degrading poll-tax.
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in France, Cerfbeer was thrown into prison on suspicion of favoring the royal cause, but was set free after a year of confinement.
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Cerfbeer protected all Jews who were willing to earn a livelihood by manual labor. As soon as he had received (in 1775) from
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at Bischheim and published at his own expense rare Hebrew books, among which was the
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dedicated to him his poem "Dibre ha-Mekes we-Bittulo."
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Musée historique de Strasbourg
Yiddish
Medelsheim
Bischheim
Alsace
Strasbourg
French
‹See Tfd›
German
Yiddish
French
Jewish
philanthropist
Louis XVI
Moses Mendelssohn
Christian Wilhelm von Dohm
Malesherbes
Reign of Terror
Talmud
yeshiva
Solomon Nissim Algazi
Wessely
Abraham Auerbach
public domain
Isidore Singer
Isaac Broydé
"Cerfbeer, Herz, of Medelsheim"
Singer, Isidore
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