Genealogy Projects tagged with Lorraine on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Jews of the French German Nexus: Alsace, Lorraine / Rhineland

    Chassidei Ashkenaz Some of the first Jewish communities in the Gallo-Roman cities of the extended Rhineland were Cologne , Trier, Spire, Worms, Mainz, Metz Lorraine Alsace Jews lived in Phoenician Marseilles before the Romans invaded Gaul. During the Middle Ages, they were periodically expelled and again allowed to return, until 1384, when some 100,000 Jews had...

  • The Jewish French Connection

    French Jewish intellectual and cultural life flourished through the ages, producing some of the most famous Jewish Rabbis, Philosophers, Artists, Mathematicians, and Scientists. We welcome all contributors. Early History The Early Jews of France 700 - 1200 Jewish community in Alsace and Lorraine History of Jews in Alsace Napoleon's Grand Sanhedrin