Central Consistory
The Central Jewish Consistory of France is an institution created by Napoleon I to administer the Jewish worship in France. He adopted the motto Religion and Fatherland.
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The Central Consistory was established by imperial decree of 15 March 1808 which also establishes seven presbyteries county.
They were reorganized in the order of 25 May 1844 , then permanently established by the decrees of 29 August 1862 and 12 September 1872.
Following the separation of Church and State in 1905 , Jewish communities of France have formed a Jewish religious associations and were grouped in the Union of Jewish communities in France bearing the name of the central consistory.
Late 1943 , after the arrest of Jacques Helbronner (October 23, 43) who was the head of the Central Consistory and substituting Leon Meiss , he decides to create another institution, the Representative Council of Jews in France: the CRIF (the acronym now means "the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France"), becoming its first president. It is intended, as its name suggests, represent politically the Jews, what the Consistory had previously refused, saying his role was merely to comment on the appearance worship, the Jews should be also French citizens among others.
Seats
The French Jewish consistory consists of a central consistory headquartered in Paris, and presbyteries county whose respective headquarters were located originally in the cities of Paris, Strasbourg, Wintzenheim (Ht-Rhin), Metz , Mainz , Nancy, Bordeaux and Marseille. Then were created during the nineteenth century the Presbytery of Bayonne, Besanon, Epinal, Lille and Lyon. Today, the presbyteries of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin always Concordat.
Organization
Each departmental consistory consists of a great Rabbi and four lay members chosen in the assembly of Jewish notables premises.
The Central Consistory in Paris, met the Chief Rabbi of France, and eight lay members elected by the Jewish notables of various departments.
The Secretary General of the Central Consistory of 1914 to 1958 was Rabbi Marcel Sachs.
Among the presidents of the Central Consistory include the nineteenth century, Adolphe Cremieux , in the twentieth century, Jacques Helbronner died at Auschwitz, but the controversial stance against the Nazis, Leon Meiss, Admiral Louis Kahn , Alain Rothschild, and since 1982, Jean-Paul Elkann, the grandfather of John Elkann , from 1982 to 1992, Jean-Pierre Bansard from 1992 to 1994, John Kahn, from 1995 to 2008 and, since 2008, Joel Mergui.
Functions
Each county administers the consistory buildings Literature References
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