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Complete 1862 edition of the French Jewish weekly, La Vérité israélite, edited by Joseph Cohen. A large volume with numerous articles in French by a wide assortment of authors. The contents are important, not only for the scholarly and religious articles, but also for the insights into the lives, events, beliefs, and outlook of and effecting not only French but also contemporary European Jewry.
Joseph Cohen (1817–1899) French publicist and lawyer. Born in Marseilles, he practiced law in Aix-en-Provence, and was delegated by the French government to study the condition of Algerian Jewry. In 1845 he was appointed head of the Algerian consistory. He returned to Paris in 1848, thereafter devoting his time to journalism, He edited (1860–62) the first Jewish weekly in France, La Vérité israélite, contributed to the monthly Archives israélites, and was editor of Le Pays (1853), La France (1860–68), and La Presse (1871). His works include: Les Déicides (1861), a critical investigation into the life of Jesus and the Gospels, and Les Pharisiens (2 vols., 1877). Cohen represented the Algerian Jews at the Central Consistory from 1868.
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