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Chassidei Ashkenaz Some of the first Jewish communities in the Gallo-Roman cities of the extended Rhineland were * Treves/Trier * Speyer/Spire ,* Worms , * Cologne , * ] Mainz,* Metz * Strasbourg * Colmar
Early Conditions. German fortified city in Lorraine; in 1900 it had a population of 58,462, including 1,451 Jews. According to ancient chronicles, Jews had settled in Metz in the year 221; they enjoyed municipal freedom, and lived on very good terms with the Christians. It is stated also that when St. Eucaire, Bishop of Toul, had undertaken to convert the Jews, the emperor Julian, who was at Me...