This Day in Jewish History / The Sanhedrin of Paris Convenes at the Behest of Napoleon
The body representing Jews from around the empire met to draft answers to Napoleon's questions about Jewish practice.
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On February 9, 1807, the newly constituted Sanhedrin of Paris convened, under the authority vested in it by the Emperor Napoleon....
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