Challenges of Equality: Judaism, State, and Education in Nineteenth-Century France »

Explores the relationship between Judaism, state, and education in France from the establishment of the Jewish Consistory in 1808 until the separation of church and state in 1905.

Pt. I Jewish primary education and the state, 1808-1870

1 Foundations 9

2 Roadblocks to regeneration 28

3 Redefinition and consolidation 43

Pt. II Rabbinical education and the state, 1808-1906

4 How much Latin should a rabbi know? 65

5 A tale of two cities : from Metz to Paris 91

Pt. III Toward separation, 1875-1906

6 Challenges of equality : financial anticlericalism 115

7 Jewish education and Jewish space 134

8 "Just proportions" : financial anticlericalism and rabbinical space 151

Conclusion 160

Notes 167

Bibliography 205

Index 221