The
origins of the Jewish community of Ennery.
Pascal
FAUSTINI traces back the history of the Ennery
Jews from their first settlement in 1571 to mid 18th century.
He exploits ancient charters, forensic and notary deeds to sketch
the families, focusing on the Levy, which connects with Asher
Levy’s. Faustini also has examined and photographed what
remains of the cemetery of Flevy-Chelaincourt, the initial burial
place of the Jews from Ennery, among other small communities..
The ancestors of the first Guggenheim
John
BERKOWITCH has published in this
journal in 2002 his discovery of the initial bearer of the surname
Guggenheim and the dissemination of this surname. Here he summarizes
his findings about the ancestors of the “initial Guggenheim”
over 13 (or 14) generations back to the 12th century.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Jewish
Algiers before 1830: population and surnames.
Jacques
TAÏEB sketches the settlement of the Jews
in Algiers and the evolution of their surnames, from approximately
the 11th century to the French conquest in 1830.
A
typical French ketouba
Eliane
ROOS-SCHUHL scrutinizes from various points
of view the ketouba
(marriage contract) executed in 1889 at the Paris temple
La Victoire between Gustave Kahn, art critic, and the converted
Catholic Elizabeth Dayre, re-named Rachel on her religious wedding.
A
second register for the name adoption of the Jews in Mainz.
In an
article published in issue 76 of Maajan-Die
Quelle, Ernest KALLMANN had
not found the answer to the question: what is the historical
and legal basis of a second register of Jewish name changes
that was in use long time after the 1808 Napoleonic decree?
Two correspondents provide the answer.
